Mumbai's civic body BMC (Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation) has reserved a 14-bed ward in Seven Hills Hospital in Andheri's Marol area for Mpox patients as a precautionary measure. The BMC said screening of the passengers arriving from Africa as well as some other countries in which Mpox cases have been detected has begun at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, while a health information desk has been set up there for passengers.