
Pakistan, Sweden report first cases of mpox virus
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Islamabad: Pakistan health officials announced on Friday their first case of the deadly mpox virus this year, after the World Health Organization (WHO...
Islamabad: Pakistan health officials announced on Friday their first case of the deadly mpox virus this year, after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared an international emergency over its spread.
"The affected person has come from a Gulf country," a Ministry of Health statement said, adding the strain was yet to be confirmed.
Sweden's Public Health Agency said on Thursday that it had registered a case of the Clade 1b subclade, the first to be diagnosed out of Africa.
The WHO this week declared the rapid spread of the new Clade 1b strain in Africa a public health emergency of international concern -- the highest alarm it can sound.
The Pakistan patient is a 34-year-old man and being treated in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, said Irshad Roghani, director of public health there.













