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Monkeypox Outbreak: The report suggests that vaccination limited to those with known exposure to the monkeypox virus may not be an effective strategy for preventing infection.

Researchers have found that the smallpox vaccine may not provide permanent protection from monkeypox.

Theoretically, yes. The virus does not spread easily and there is a vaccine. But there are only about 16 million doses available now.

How does Monkeypox spread and who are at maximum risk of getting infected? If you are looking for answers to these questions, heres what experts ahave to say.

Monkeypox cases are on the rise in India and abroad. It is very important to know about the infection so that you can keep yourself and those around you safe from the outbreak.

An analysis conducted by the ICMR and NIV has found that the first two monkeypox cases diagnosed in India were infected with the virus strain A.2.

Monkeypox spread through close contact of mucosa or non-intact skin with infectious material, or large respiratory droplets during prolonged face-to-face contact.

This is the first case of the disease among women in India

As people are slowly coming out of the Covid-19 scare, the news about monkeypox, a milder cousin of smallpox, is causing growing unease amongst people. First described in 1958, fewer than 19000 cases reported in humans since 1970. Majority were reported from Central and West Africa. Only 8 cases were reported outside of Africa over last 5 years since a small epidemic broke out

"A national task force on monkeypox disease has been constituted to monitor the development of diagnostics and vaccines for the management of monkeypox disease," Mandaviya told the Rajya Sabha.