Indian Government task force on Monkeypox |
The Indian government has formed a task force to monitor the spread of monkeypox cases in India. Dr. V K Paul from Niti Aayog, will head the task force that will include others, notably the Secretary of the Union Health Ministry. This latest development comes after India reported its first death linked to the disease. WHO declared Monkeypox to be a `global health emergency in early July. Although authorities have assured us that this variant is not as virulent and is not a matter of panic. The health ministry has said that the particular variant they have seen so far of monkeypox is not as highly virulent or contagious as COVID-19, but it does spread. Comparatively, the mortality rate of the variant is also low.
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