Peshawar/Hyderabad, Aug 18 (Maxim News): Pakistan’s Health Ministry said on Friday that it has identified the first case of a new Monkeypox variant that might be more easily transmitted, days after the World Health Organization declared the spread of Mpox a global health emergency.
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The case, in a man who had recently returned from a Middle Eastern country, is only the second confirmed case of the new variant outside of Africa.
The first case was reported on Thursday by authorities in Sweden. The Ministry in a statement said the man who tested positive for Mpox was from Mardan, a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan. It said the Ministry has directed officials at border crossing points and airports to ensure strict surveillance and collect samples for medical tests if they see symptoms of the disease in any passenger returning from abroad.
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It was unclear which Middle Eastern country the man had visited, and no cases of the new variant have yet been reported in that region. The United Arab Emirates, however, has had 16 confirmed cases of Mpox since 2022, according to the WHO.
The UAE is particularly affected by transnational outbreaks given its role as a hub connecting East and West with its long-haul carriers Emirates and Etihad. On Wednesday, the WHO said there have been more than 14,000 cases and 524 deaths in Africa this year, which already exceeds last year’s figures.
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More than 96 percent of all cases and deaths have been in Congo. The Director of Public Health for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Dr Irshad Roghani, said the person infected with Mpox in Pakistan has mild symptoms. “Contact tracing of the infected with Mpox in Pakistan has mild symptoms. “Contact tracing of the affected person has been started and samples of more people are being obtained, ” he said.
Raghani said that since 2022, 300 people have been tested in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of whom two tested positive last year. This is the first case detected this year. (Maxim News)
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