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The recently re-emerging outbreaks of monkeypox (MPX), caused by monkeypox virus (MPXV) have once again drawn global attention to this illness due to its unexpected sudden rise in cases in several non-endemic countries beyond Africa. As a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), currently 53,027 confirmed cases and 15 deaths have been reported from 100 countries and locations up to September 5, 2022, and the rapid rise in MPX cases from May 2022 onwards reflects more and more cases to be seen in coming time, and concern has been raised by a few researchers whether this looming PHEC could pose another pandemic amid the ongoing COPVID-19 pandemic?[1, 2]. The MPXV belongs to the Poxviridae family, genus Orthopoxvirus, the same genus as of variola virus, which causes smallpox. To date, no definite treatment exists for the disease, but smallpox immunizations have …