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Monkeypox
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Kanika Datta
With the fourth confirmed case of the monkeypox virus in the national capital, and the World Health Organisation declaring it a global emergency, it is critical for the government to respond quickly. The Covid-19 experience has offered salutary lessons on what needs to be done and if the public health system swings into action early, there is no reason to fear the virus. Though monkeypox is not Covid-19, and particularly not Omicron – which is, by any standards, an unusually contagious virus -- the Indian response should be measured but swift and resolute, the top edit says. Read it

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