Explained Highlights: After global outbreak, monkeypox has now reached Delhi, this is what you need to know about the disease; and more

A 31-year-old man from West Delhi, who was admitted to Lok Nayak Hospital two days ago with a history of two weeks of fever and rashes, was found to be infected with the monkeypox virus.

After three cases in Kerala, a case of monkeypox has been detected in Delhi. (Representational Photo/File)

Explained News Highlights: After three cases in Kerala, a case of monkeypox has been detected in Delhi. This is the fourth case of the disease in India — and crucially, this is the first case in which the patient has no history of international travel. It is a 31-year-old man from West Delhi who was admitted to Lok Nayak Hospital two days ago with a history of two weeks of fever and rashes. We explain

Ghana announced the country’s first outbreak of Marburg virus diseaseafter two people who were not related died June 27 and 28. Word of a new outbreak of a lethal disease caused by viral infections added to the concerns of a public weary from battling the coronavirus pandemic and recently alarmed by the spread of monkeypox and a new case of polio. We explain

Answering an unstarred question in Lok Sabha on Tuesday (July 19), the Ministry of Home Affairs stated that over 1.6 lakh Indians relinquished their Indian citizenship in 2021. The numbers marked a sharp increase in comparison to the 85,256 people who gave up their Indian citizenship in the Covid-hit year of 2020, and a somewhat smaller increase over the 1.44 lakh who surrendered their passports in 2019. According to government data, the largest numbers of Indians who relinquished Indian citizenship in 2021 went to the United States (78,284), followed by Australia (23,533), Canada (21,597), and the United Kingdom (14,637). Read full Explainer here