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India has reported four confirmed cases of monkeypox-- three in Kerala and one in Delhi so far-- out of which one of the patients in the southern state has recovered. 

The children, whose parents are labourers, had been ill for the past 12 days and were receiving treatment privately initially.

Monkeypox cases in India: Himachal Pradesh has been on high alert after a person showed symptoms similar to Monkeypox. 

Kerala Health Minister Veena George assured that the monkeypox patient is healthy and his skin bumps have been cured.

With the threat of monkeypox rising in the United States, San Francisco has decided to issue a state of emergency over the virus, while New York state declared monkeypox an imminent threat to public health.

Monkeypox virus news: As it was the first case of monkeypox in the country, tests were conducted twice at an interval of 72 hours as per the instructions of the National Institute of Virology (NIV).

The monkeypox cases continue to grow in Europe as Spain reported its second death in Spain, one day after the country experienced the first fatality linked to the outbreak. It was regarded as the first monkeypox-related death in Europe and second overall after a person died in Brazil. "Among the 3,750 patients... 120 have been hospitalised and two have died," the Spanish health ministry said in a report, according to AFP. Although the exact time of death was not announced, the authorit...

Only 5 deaths related to Monkeypox had been reported worldwide - all in the African region according to a WHO report.

Monkeypox in India: Monkeypox is a zoonotic virus from the genus Orthopoxvirus.

Scientists informed that the few cases that belong to the A.2 strain, including the first two cases of monkeypox detected in Kerala, seem to all have travel links to the Middle East or West Africa.