2022–2023 mpox outbreak in India
The 2022–2023 mpox outbreak in India is a part of the ongoing outbreak of human mpox caused by the West African clade of the monkeypox virus. The outbreak was first reported in India on 14 July 2022 when Kerala's State Health Minister Veena George announced a suspected imported case which was confirmed hours later by the NIV. India was the tenth country to report a mpox case in Asia and the first in South Asia. Currently, India has reported 23 cases of mpox.
| 2022–2023 mpox outbreak in India | |
|---|---|
| Disease | Mpox |
| Virus strain | Monkeypox virus (West African clade) |
| Location | India |
| Index case | Kollam, Kerala (First landed and hospitalized in Thiruvananthapuram, infected in the United Arab Emirates) |
| Date | 14 July 2022 – ongoing (1 year, 9 months and 4 days ago) |
| Confirmed cases | 23 |
| Suspected cases‡ | 0 |
Deaths | 1 |
Territories | 4 states and 1 union territory |
| ‡Suspected cases have not been confirmed by laboratory tests as being due to this strain, although some other strains may have been ruled out. | |
On 24 July, the first locally transmitted case was reported in Delhi. The individual, a middle-aged male who had no recent history of travelling abroad, was isolated in the Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi.
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