India's second Mpox case has been confirmed in Kerala, involving a 26-year-old man returning from the UAE. The Union Health Ministry has issued advisories to states and union territories to curb transmission.

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,

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 Health Ministry has issued crucial guidelines for preventing the spread of mpox in India after Kerala confirmed its second case.

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.

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