India has confirmed its first case of the new, more dangerous strain of mpox known as clade 1b, health authorities said on Tuesday.

The clade 1 strain was previously known as the Congo Basin strain has a higher mortality rate of up to 10 per cent compared to the clade 2 strain, as per reports.

India said on Monday that an mpox case involving a man in the southern state of Kerala was from the fast-spreading clade 1b variety, marking South Asia's first recorded case from the new strain.

The virus with the new strain has been detected in a man from Kerala state India has reported its first case with the new mpox strain that has triggered a public health emergency alert by the World Health Organization (WHO),

Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala health department has announced plans to issue updated Mpox prevention and treatment guidelines, following the confirmation of the country's first case of a new strain in the state on Monday.

India has reported its first case of Monkeypox (Mpox) caused by the fast-spreading Clade 1B strain of the virus. Last month, WHO declared Mpox a disease of international concern. Health ministry sources said the strain has been found in a patient from Kerala who returned from Dubai recently.

A 38-year-old man from Malappuram, Kerala, has been identified as India's first Mpox clad I case. Mpox, caused by the monkeypox virus, has various symptoms, including rashes, muscle aches, and fever,

A man in Kerala, who returned from UAE, has been detected with the Clade II strain of the Mpox (monkeypox) virus. The is the strain that caused WHO to declare the infection as a public health concern last month.