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The Monkeypox virus which was always thought to be endemic in the African region jumped across continents and all the world taking thus the shape of a pandemic in the year 2022. Till 2003, only few sporadic outbreaks of the disease were seen outside the African continent, however this current pandemic broke all old rules and embarked on to nonendemic countries [1] . Europe and America were the two major continents affected and reported the most of cases. Though the number of new Monkeypox cases have showed a remarkable decline all around the world, as of November 7, 2022, there are 77 264 laboratory-con fi rmed cases of Monkeypox in more than 109 countries all over the world [2] . Of the total 77 264 cases the European and American continents contribute 77 264 cases which is ~98.3% [2] . With respect to total number of deaths due to this disease, till date 50 deaths have been reported [3] . Earlier to May 2022, when the outbreak had just commenced all the 72 deaths were reported from the African region with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) alone having 64 of the total [4] . The fi rst case of Monkeypox outside Africa was seen in the United Kingdom on May 8, 2022 and ~2 months later on July 29, the fi rst death was reported outside Africa in South America exactly from Brazil. The sequence of deaths started after this and shortly, two deaths were reported from Spain which was the worst affected country in Europe with about 7000 con fi rmed cases. India also became part of this list when a 22-year-old man died on July 31 in Kerala. Both the endemic and nonendemic countries reported deaths due to Monkeypox