Monkeypox case in Delhi takes India’s tally to four

New Delhi, July 24: A 34-year-old man from Delhi with no history of foreign travel tested positive for monkeypox, taking India’s tally of cases to four and prompting the Centre to hold a high-level review meeting, the government said on Sunday.
Three cases of monkeypox were earlier reported from Kerala.
The Delhi patient, who is recovering at a designated isolation centre at the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash (LNJP) Hospital in the national capital, had attended a stag party in Manali in Himachal Pradesh recently, official sources told PTI.
According to them, so far nine contacts, including family members of the patients, have been quarantined and they are being followed up. They are asymptomatic as of now. (PTI)