ICMR NIV Pune, VRDLs conduct approx 100 sample tests for Monkeypox

Aug 03, 2022

New Delhi [India], August 3 : A day after a 35-year-old man of African origin with no recent history of foreign travel tested positive...

3 of 5 Monkeypox cases from Delhi reveal heterosexual contact: ICMR study

Aug 25, 2022

New Delhi [India], August 25 : Three out of the five Monkeypox cases reported from Delhi had a history of heterosexual contact, said the...

Pune: ICMR-NIV reveals Monkeypox virus strain A.2 in two UAE-returned travellers

Aug 07, 2022

Pune (Maharashtra) [India], August 7 : The Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Virology on Friday analysed two monkeypox cases of travellers who...

India conducts over 57 cr COVID-19 test so far: ICMR

Oct 06, 2021

New Delhi [India], October 6 : The testing capacity has been ramped up extensively and so far India has conducted 57,68,03,867 COVID-19 sample tests,...

Health expert raise alarm after first Monkeypox death , emphasises need of surveillance

Aug 01, 2022

New Delhi [India], August 1 : After confirmation of the first Monkeypox death in the country by National Institute of Virology (NIV), health experts...

Monkeypox testing begins in Kerala: State Health Minister Veena George

Jul 19, 2022

Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], July 19 : Kerala Health Minister Veena George on Tuesday informed that the state has started Monkeypox testing at NIV Alapuzha.