Pakistan: Mpox cases

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Pakistan confirms its first case of mpox

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By Abid Hussain
Published On 26 Apr 2023
26 Apr 2023

Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistani health authorities have confirmed the first case of mpox in the country.

The infectious viral disease, earlier known as monkeypox, was found in a 25-year-old Pakistani man who recently arrived in Islamabad from Saudi Arabia.
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“As yet there is no evidence of localised transmission of mpox in Pakistan, and the risk of international spread of disease from Pakistan remains low,” Shah told Al Jazeera.
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Mustafa Jamal Kazi, a senior official in the ministry, said the patient was sent into isolation on April 21 after his arrival in Pakistan.

“As the patient was quite unwell, we sent him to quarantine in a hospital here and conducted tests to determine what was wrong with him,” Kazi told Al Jazeera.

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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/26/pakistan-confirms-its-first-case-of-mpox

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Source: https://www.geo.tv/latest/484679-fir...ealth-ministry

First two monkeypox patients recover from disease: health ministry
Sunday Apr 30, 2023
M. Waqar Bhatti

One of the patients has been discharged: officials.
People mistaking chicken pox as mpox: experts.
Experts urge ministry to take note of increasing cases of smallpox.

ISLAMABAD: The first two monkeypox cases reported in Pakistan last week have recovered from the virus, officials of the Federal Ministry of Health said Sunday.

The person deported from Saudi Arabia, who was under treatment at the Pakistan Institute Of Medical Sciences (PIMS) Hospital, has been discharged, said the ministry's officials.

Meanwhile, the other person was in quarantine at their home and was said to be in a stable condition.

According to infectious disease experts, many cases of "chickenpox" are being reported in Pakistan. They said that people are mistaking the cases of chickenpox as monkeypox.

The experts urged the health ministry to take note of the increasing cases of small pox.

Meanwhile, two new suspected cases of mpox have been detected in Lahore's General Hospital (GH), said the administration on Sunday.

The hospital administration said that the suspected patients are hospitalized for the last two days and are under treatment...

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Source: https://www.aajenglish.tv/news/30322...d-in-islamabad

Pakistan’s fifth monkeypox case detected in Islamabad
The patient recently arrived from Makkah
tania-gohar Tania Gohar
22 May, 2023

Another case of monkeypox was detected in the federal capital, taking up the total number of people in the country infected with the disease to five.

The latest patient is a 50-year-old man belonging to Faisalabad who had recently arrived in Islamabad from Makkah. He is currently being treated in an isolation ward in Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences.

Another patient infected with monkeypox is under treatment in the same isolation ward and both men are said to be in a stable condition...

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Source: https://arynews.tv/three-passengers-...rachi-airport/

Three passengers diagnosed with monkeypox at Karachi airport
By Anwar Khan
| September 1, 2023


KARACHI: Three passengers have been diagnosed with monkeypox at Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport, ARY News reported on Thursday.

The surveillance team of the Sindh health department carried out an action at Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport. Three passengers who arrived in Karachi from Libya were diagnosed with monkeypox.

The Director General Health told the media that all three passengers were Pakistani citizens aged between 30 and 45...

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Source: https://arynews.tv/five-suspected-mo...d-in-pakistan/

Five suspected monkeypox cases reported in Pakistan
By Web Desk
| October 19, 2023

KARACHI: Five suspected monkeypox cases have been reported in Pakistan on Wednesday, ARY News reported.

Five passengers who arrived in Karachi from Muscat were diagnosed with monkeypox at the Jinnah International Airport. The said travellers had reached Karachi airport via a foreign airline’s flight.

The Sindh health department said that the suspected patients will be shifted to the infectious diseases hospital...

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Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...ay-2024-08-16/

Mpox virus detected in Pakistan, health authorities say
By Mushtaq Ali and Charlotte Greenfield
August 16, 202410:49 AM EDTUpdated 3 hours ago

PESHAWAR, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Pakistan's health ministry has confirmed at least one case of the mpox virus in a patient who had returned from a Gulf country, it said on Friday, though they did not yet know the strain of the virus.
A health ministry spokesperson said the sequencing of the confirmed case was underway, and that it would not be clear which variant of mpox the patient had until the process was complete...

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Source: https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business...s-new-variant/

Pakistan Says Mpox Patient Not Carrying Dangerous New Variant
By Ismail Dilawar
August 19, 2024 at 12:42PM EDT

(Bloomberg) -- Pakistan’s first mpox infection this year is an older, milder variant called clade II, according to Irshad Roghani, a public health director in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The country conducted genetic sequencing to determine the variant of the latest case after the World Health Organization last week declared a global health emergency over the spread of a mutated strain of mpox named clade I....

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Pakistan's mpox tally rises to 7 as another case reported

September 16, 2024
By M Waqar Bhatti

ISLAMABAD: A 44-year-old man, hailing from the Gujarat district in Punjab, has tested positive for monkeypox virus or mpox after arriving in Pakistan from a gulf state marking the seventh mpox case in the country this year and the sixth since the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared an emergency last month.

After being suspected of carrying the virus, the patient, who landed at Islamabad Airport on September 14 (Saturday), was taken to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims).

The health officials confirmed that samples sent to the National Institute of Health (NIH) tested positive for mpox. The patient is reported to be in stable condition.

“This is the seventh confirmed case of mpox in Pakistan this year,” said a health official in the federal health ministry. ...

https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1231005-pakistans-mpox-tally-rises-to-7-as-another-case-reported

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Source: https://tribune.com.pk/story/2517285...ed-in-pakistan

Eighth mpox case confirmed in Pakistan
Patient is experiencing mild symptoms and is expected to recover soon, says health ministry spokesperson
News Desk December 21, 2024


The health ministry on Friday confirmed the country’s eighth case of the mpox virus this year, involving a 32-year-old patient who had recently returned from the Gulf.

The patient has been isolated and is receiving treatment, according to Health Ministry spokesperson Sajid Shah. “He is experiencing mild symptoms and is expected to recover soon,”...