3 Cases Of Mpox Monkeypox Found In Pakistan, New Patients Returning From The UAE

JAKARTA - Pakistan detected three patients who had thempox virus (masspox). The three of them are currently being quarantined.

The health department in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa explained that viral infections were detected in patients upon arrival from the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Pakistan has experienced a case of MPX, also known as monkeypox, before. It is not clear which variant was detected in the patient.

"Two patients are confirmed to have MPX," said Director General of Health Services Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Salim Khan, as reported by Reuters, Friday, August 16.

While the third patient sample has been sent to the National Institute of Health in the capital, Islamabad, for research. Currently, the three patients are being quarantined.

Global health officials on Thursday confirmed a new type ofmpox virus infection in Sweden and linked it to an increasingly escalating outbreak in Africa, the first sign of the virus's spread outside the continent a day after the World Health Organization declared the disease a disease that is spreading around the world. health emergency.