A 26-year-old man suspected of having mpox was admitted to a hospital after arriving at Karachi's Jinnah International Airport from Jeddah. This marks the fourth suspected case in three weeks, raising concerns as the total number of reported cases across Pakistan climbs to seven.
The report was compiled by Border Health Services and it stated that a 44-year-old man, Farooq, a resident of Punjab's Gujrat, reached Pakistan from Riyadh on September 14
Speaking to ANI, Bhardwaj said " I conducted a surprise visit at the LNJP hospital today to review the preparations for dengue and monkeypox. One case of monkeypox has been confirmed till now and the patient has a travel history of getting infected when he was travelling abroad."
According to a statement from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the previously suspected case of Mpox (monkeypox) has been verified as a travel-related infection. Laboratory testing has confirmed the presence of the Mpox virus of West African clade-2 in the patient.
Union Health Secretary Apurva Chandra on Monday issued an advisory to states and union territories regarding the precautionary actions, symptoms and causes of WHO declared Public Health Emergency of International Concern "Mpox".
Amid the Monkeypox outbreak across the world, Tamil Nadu Minister for Medical and Family Welfare Ma Subramanian, inspected the screening of Monkeypox at the Trichy International Airport on Tuesday to ensure that the authorities are following the department's instructions on Monkeypox prev