Lahore has been placed on high alert after the number of confirmed monkeypox cases rose to seven. Mayo Hospital reported three new infections, including two men and a 30-year-old woman showing symptoms of the virus. Health authorities have intensified monitoring and isolation procedures. Two male patients, Abu S. and Safdar, have been confirmed positive and […]
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Monkeypox alert: 14-year-old boy From Saudi Arabia hospitalized in Karachi
A 14-year-old boy from Mirpurkhas was admitted to Karachi’s Sindh Infectious Diseases Hospital after showing suspected monkeypox symptoms. He had recently returned from Saudi Arabia and suffered from high fever and skin lesions. Doctors quickly transferred him to a specialized ward for observation and treatment. Authorities are closely monitoring his condition. This year, Pakistan reported […]
Two more monkeypox cases reported in K-P, bringing year’s total to five
two Two new cases of monkeypox have been reported in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, increasing the total to five this year. The Health Department confirmed that the patients, a 42-year-old man and a 20-year-old youth, are from Peshawar. The younger patient contracted the virus locally, while the 42-year-old had returned from Saudi Arabia last year. Both patients were […]
Indonesia confirms first monkeypox case
Jakarta: Indonesia confirms first monkeypox case. Indonesia has confirmed its first monkeypox infection, detected in a person who had returned from an unidentified country with documented cases, a health ministry spokesman said on Saturday. The 27-year-old male tested positive in the capital Jakarta late on Friday, Mohammad Syahril told a news conference. The Indonesian national, […]
US declares monkeypox a public health emergency
The United States declared monkeypox a public health emergency on Thursday. A move that should free up funds, assist in data gathering and deploy additional personnel in the fight against the disease. “We’re prepared to take our response to the next level in addressing this virus. And we urge every American to take monkeypox seriously […]
India confirms Asia’s first monkeypox death
KOCHI, INDIA: India confirmed Asia’s first monkeypox death on Monday, a young man in the southern state of Kerala, in what is only the fourth known fatality from the disease in the current outbreak. Last week, Spain reported two monkeypox-related deaths and Brazil its first. . The World Health Organization declared the outbreak a global health […]
San Francisco declared emergency on the spread of monkeypox
The mayor of San Francisco announced emergency over the growing number of monkeypox cases on Thursday. The declaration was welcomed by gay advocates who have grown increasingly frustrated on Monday. They called San Francisco’s lackluster response to a virus. The virus has so far has affected primarily men who have sex with men, although anyone […]
No Monkeypox case reported in Pakistan so far: NIH
ISLAMABAD: The National Institute of Health (NIH) has clarified that no case of Monkeypox has yet been diagnosed in Pakistan. According to the spokesperson of NIH, the news circulating on social media about Monkeypox cases was incorrect. He added, the situation was being closely monitored by the health authorities. He said that all the national […]