‘No need to panic’, says K’taka govt on Monkeypox case (Lead)

IANS | January 23, 2025 11:04 PM

Bengaluru, Jan 23 (IANS) A case of Monkeypox (MPox) was confirmed on 22nd January 2025 by the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune in a 40-year-old male in Mangaluru, a native of Karkala in Udupi district, an official of the Karnataka Department of Health and Family Welfare said on Thursday.