After a fresh case of monkeypox was reported from Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the total number of people suffering from this disease has increased to four across the country.
Pakistan’s official news agency APP has quoted the spokesperson of the National Ministry of Health as saying that the 47-year-old Pakistani national was isolated on August 29, 2024 by Border Health Services staff on the basis of symptoms after returning home from a trip to the Gulf countries. was
In a statement issued by the National Ministry of Health on Sunday, Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed Bharath, Coordinator for Health of Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, has said that there is an effective screening system at all airports.
“Pakistan has taken effective measures to prevent monkeypox, the federation and the provinces are coordinating together, all the necessary measures are being ensured on time.”
Dr. Mukhtar Ahmad Bharath says that the Ministry of Health is monitoring the situation from moment to moment, the National Ministry of Health, the provincial governments are busy in ensuring preventive measures.
Earlier, Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif’s Coordinator for Health, Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed, said on Saturday that a case of monkeypox has emerged in Pakistan in recent days, which was reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
When did monkeypox come to Pakistan?
According to Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed Bharath, Coordinator for Health of Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif: ‘On April 11, 2023, the first case of monkeypox was reported in Pakistan.’
Dr. Mukhtar Ahmad Bharath said about a person who died of monkeypox that ‘the reason for the death of this patient was not due to monkeypox, but the AIDS virus was present in this person, which made his immunity so weak. did that they could not escape.’
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The second case of monkeypox in Pakistan was reported on August 23 at Peshawar Airport, while the third case was reported on August 31 in a person coming from abroad.
On August 15, the World Health Organization declared a public health emergency of international concern following the diagnosis of a new strain of the virus, clade 1b, in view of the threat of the spread of the disease.
The risk of easy spread of the clade 1b variant has raised global concern because it can spread easily even through routine close contact.
After cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo spread to nearby countries, the World Health Organization issued an emergency alert regarding the epidemic.
Since the outbreak began in January 2023, more than 27,000 cases have been reported in Congo and more than 1,100 people, including children, have died.
Sweden and Thailand have so far confirmed one case of one of the clade 1b variants, confirming the spread of the virus outside the African continent, but the World Health Organization (WHO) has yet to recommend any measures to prevent the spread of mpox. The travel ban was not imposed.
On the other hand, the spokesman of the National Ministry of Health has said that the monkeypox sample of the suspect who was reported from Karachi yesterday was negative, the suspect was isolated by the Border Health Services staff.
In a statement on Sunday, he said that after the recent M. Pox outbreak, four cases have been reported in Pakistan so far.
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2024-09-01 17:25:17
