NEW DELHI, Sept 8, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - India reported Sunday that it had put a 
"suspected mpox case" into isolation, assuring that the world's most populous 
nation had "robust measures" in place, the health ministry said in a 
statement.

There have been no confirmed cases of mpox in India, a country of 1.4 billion 
people.

"A young male patient, who recently travelled from a country currently 
experiencing mpox transmission, has been identified as a suspect case of 
mpox," the health ministry said in a statement.

"The patient has been isolated in a designated hospital and is currently 
stable," it said, adding the samples "are being tested to confirm the 
presence of mpox".

It gave no further details of where he may have contracted it.

"There is no cause of any undue concern," it added.

"The country is fully prepared to deal with such (an) isolated travel related 
case and has robust measures in place to manage and mitigate any potential 
risk."

Mpox's resurgence and the detection in the Democratic Republic of Congo of a 
new strain, dubbed Clade 1b, prompted the World Health Organization to 
declare its highest international alert level on August 14.

Mpox has also been detected in Asia and Europe.