The Kerala health department on Friday said another Mpox case was reported in the state and urged those who have symptoms to seek treatment.

Kerala confirmed its second Mpox (monkeypox) case, raising India’s total to three. A 26-year-old man returning from the UAE tested positive, with his samples sent for genomic sequencing. Read on to know tips to stop mpox virus from spreading.

On September 18, a 38-year-old native of Edavanna in Malappuram district, who arrived from the UAE, had tested positive for Mpox.

The samples of the patient, who is undergoing treatment at a private hospital, have been sent for genomic sequencing at the National Institute of Virology in Maharashtra's Pune to ascertain whether it is the deadly Clade 1b strain or the previously known Clade IIb strain.

The Kerala health department on Friday said another Mpox case was reported in the state and urged those who have symptoms to seek treatment.

The 26-year-old youth, a native of Kerala’s Ernakulam district, who returned from the UAE on Friday tested positive for mpox. He is receiving treatment at a private hospital

The Kerala health department reported another Mpox case and urged symptomatic individuals to seek treatment. The state had earlier reported the country's first confirmed case of the new strain. Isolation facilities are arranged,

Kerala has confirmed its second Mpox (monkeypox) case, with a 26-year-old youth from Ernakulam testing positive for the virus.

India has reported its first case of the more severe Clade Ib strain of mpox, raising global concerns due to the strain’s rapid spread. The case was detected in a 38-year-old man in Kerala who had traveled from Dubai.

The first Mpox case in India this year involved a man from Haryana, with a less concerning strain. The second case, detected in Kerala, was the first instance of the more concerning clade 1b strain

Kerala reports its second Mpox case this year, raising India's total to three. The virus spreads through close contact and contaminated objects, with authorities enhancing surveillance and isolation measures across districts.