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Contacts should be monitored at least daily for the onset of signs/symptoms for a period of 21 days (as per case definition) from the last contact with a patient or their contaminated materials during the infectious period, the guidelines added.
Health Ministry has also advised hospitals of all states to keep a close watch on symptomatic patients who travelled to countries with monkeypox infections and keep a close watch on them. The new guidelines aim at preparing India in view of the increasing reports of cases in non-endemic countries.
"The public health risk could become high if this virus exploits the opportunity to establish itself as a human pathogen and spreads to groups at higher risk of severe disease such as young children and immunosuppressed persons," WHO said.
As of May 26, over 250 confirmed and 120 suspected infections have been reported from 23 non-endemic nations.
Monkeypox Outbreak: The Pakistan government on Monday clarified that there was no Monkeypox case in the country and online reports claiming so were incorrect.