With four confirmed monkeypox patients in two states and one suspected case in another, the BMC has started preparing to tackle the disease. The civic body has reserved 28 beds at Kasturba Hospital for isolation.

According to the WHO, “monkeypox is an illness caused by the monkeypox virus. It is a viral zoonotic infection that can spread from animals to humans. It can also spread from person to person”. In India, Kerala has reported three cases and Delhi one, while Telangana has sent a suspected patient’s sample to National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune for testing.