Frist mpox case reported in Karachi
- 22-Mar-2025
KARACHI: Sindh Health Department has confirmed a monkeypox (mpox) case in Karachi, marking the first instance of the disease in the city, ARY News reported on Saturday. The patient, a 28-year-old male resident of Shah Latif Town, contracted the virus after his wife showed symptoms. The patient’s wife has a travel history abroad. The man […]
Canada confirms its first case of clade I mpox
- 23-Nov-2024
Canada’s public health agency on Friday confirmed the first case of clade I mpox in Canada, in an person in Manitoba. The Public Health Agency of Canada said this travel-related case was associated with an ongoing outbreak of clade I mpox in central and eastern Africa. “The individual sought medical care for mpox symptoms in […]
Mpox vaccine: WHO lists LC16 for emergency use
- 20-Nov-2024
The World Health Organization (WHO) listed KM Biologics’ mpox vaccine LC16 for emergency use on Tuesday, making it the second shot to get the approval of the global health agency. It declared mpox a global public health emergency for the second time in two years in August after a new variant of the virus, called […]
Suspected mpox patients in Karachi test negative, sent home
- 16-Sep-2024
Three suspected patients of mpox in Karachi were sent home after testing negative for the disease, ARY News reported on Monday, quoting sources. These individuals were suspected of contracting mpox after returning to Pakistan from Middle Eastern countries at the Jinnah International Airport, the sources said. The individuals who showed no symptoms of the disease […]
Uganda confirms two more cases of mpox
- 24-Aug-2024
Uganda has confirmed two more mpox virus infections, bringing the number of cases in the east African country to four, according to the health ministry. The two new patients were infected with the clade 1b strain of the virus, health ministry director general of health services Henry Mwebesa told Reuters, a new offshoot that has […]
Thailand says mpox case recorded in traveller from Africa
- 21-Aug-2024
Thailand has detected an mpox case in a European man who arrived from Africa last week and is awaiting test results to determine the strain, a disease control official said on Wednesday. Thai authorities were treating the case as if it were the Clade 1 form of mpox, as the person, a 66-year-old European man […]
Mpox is not the new COVID, says WHO official
- 20-Aug-2024
“Mpox is not the new COVID, regardless of whether its mpox clade 1, behind the ongoing outbreak in east-central Africa, or mpox clade 2, behind the 2022 outbreak that initially impacted Europe and has continued to circulate in Europe since. We know quite a lot about clade 2 already. We still have to learn more […]
Congo requests mpox vaccines from Japan
- 19-Aug-2024
Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare said on Monday it has received a request from the Democratic Republic of the Congo for the provision of mpox vaccines and needles manufactured in the country. This comes days after the World Health Organization declared mpox a global public health emergency for the second time in two […]
Health dept begins mpox screening at Karachi airport
- 17-Aug-2024
KARACHI: The Sindh health department has initiated screening of passengers at the Jinnah International Airport, Karachi, and released an advisory for healthcare institutions in the province. Sindh Health Department DG, accompanied by airport officials and director-health services, visited the airport to evaluate the screening protocols implemented for mpox, according to Dr Zafar Mehdi, focal person […]
Pakistan puts airports on alert after detection of mpox cases
- 16-Aug-2024
In response to the growing concern of mpox virus spread, Pakistan’s Border Health Services has issued a notification to intensify surveillance and precautionary measures at all entry points, including airports. The move aims to prevent the potential spread of the virus into the country. The notification directs authorities to enhance screening measures for passengers, particularly […]