India Reports First Case of Highly-Transmissible Mpox Clade 1b Variant in Kerala

India has reported its first mpox case with the highly transmissible clade 1b strain. A 38-year-old man from Kerala, recently returned from Dubai, has been infected with the new variant. Health authorities are tracing and monitoring 66 contacts, including 29 family members and 37 flight passengers, but no symptoms have been detected so far. The Indian government has i…