Monkeypox virus has been for the first time isolated in India by the National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune which works under Indian Council for Medical Research- ICMR. The ICMR- NIV has successfully isolated and cultured the Monkeypox virus strain from the samples of infected Indian patients. ICMR in a tweet said that genomic sequence of the Indian strains has 99.85 percent match with the West African Strains circulating globally.<br />'' <br />'' The Indian Council of Medical Research also invited an expression of interest proposing to hand over the virus strain to interested Indian Vaccine and In-Vitro Diagnostic industry partners for development of indigenous vaccine and diagnostic kits for Monkeypox.<br />'' <br />''Monkeypox is an acute viral disease and its symptoms are fever, skin rashes, Lymph node enlargement  Headache, Muscle Ache or Exhaustion, and sore throat and cough.