The Pinarayi Vijayan government in Kerala said it will release revised guidelines for the prevention and treatment of Mpox after the state reported the first confirmed case of the new strain of the disease in the country on Monday.

India said on Monday that an mpox case involving a man in the southern state of Kerala was from the fast-spreading clade 1b variety, marking South Asia's first recorded case from the new strain.

The Kerala health department announced plans to release revised guidelines for the prevention and treatment of Mpox, a decision that came in the wake of the southern state reporting the country's first confirmed case of the new strain on Monday.

A 38-year-old man from Malappuram, Kerala, has been identified as India's first Mpox clad I case. Mpox, caused by the monkeypox virus, has various symptoms, including rashes, muscle aches, and fever,

India said on Monday that an mpox case involving a man in the southern state of Kerala was from the fast-spreading clade 1b variety, marking South Asia’s first recorded case from the new strain.

India has reported its first case of the fast-spreading clade 1b mpox strain in Kerala. The patient, a 38-year-old man who traveled from the UAE, was confirmed as infected by Health Ministry spokesperson Manisha Verma.

India has reported the first case of Mpox clade 1b from Kerala's Malappuram after a 38-year-old man who travelled from the United Arab Emirates showed symptoms.According to the official sources, this is the first Mpox clade 1b case.

A 38-year-old man from Malappuram, Kerala, has been identified as India’s first Mpox clad I case. Mpox, caused by the monkeypox virus, has various symptoms, including rashes, muscle aches, and fever,

A man in Kerala, who returned from UAE, has been detected with the Clade II strain of the Mpox (monkeypox) virus. The is the strain that caused WHO to declare the infection as a public health concern last month.

India has reported the first case of the Mpox Clade 1b strain, which led to the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring it a public health emergency, PTI quoted official sources as saying. The Clade 1b strain has been found in a patient from Kerala who was tested positive last week,