India is on high alert as the World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared monkeypox, a viral infection, to be a public health emergency or PHEIC, the highest level of warning.
In a meeting chaired by the Union Health Minister on Saturday, it was decided that as a matter of abundant caution, certain measures (such as sensitizing the health units at all the airports, seaports, and ground crossings; readying the testing Laboratories (32 in no.); gearing up health facilities for detecting, isolating and managing any case, etc.) are put in place.
