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The Union Health Ministry has issued an advisory to all states and Union Territories to isolate suspected Mpox cases and implement strict infection prevention and control measures..
This comes after India reported a case of the clade Ib strain of Mpox infection, making it the third non-African country to do so...
Union Health Secretary Aprurva Chandra directed states to send samples from skin lesions of patients with suspected symptoms to designated labs immediately..
Chandra highlighted that robust diagnostic testing capabilities are already available, with 36 ICMR-supported labs across the country and three commercial PCR kits validated by ICMR and approved by Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO)...
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