ISLAMABAD: Pakistan currently has zero cases of monkeypox in the country as two cases admitted to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) have recovered from the disease, a health facility spokesperson confirmed.
According to the spokesperson, both the patients have been discharged from the hospital.
On the other hand, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Health said that five cases of monkey pox have been registered in Pakistan so far and all of them have recovered.
Pakistan detected its first two cases of monkeypox in April among people who had traveled to the country from abroad.
Officials of the Ministry of Health said this Geo News Meanwhile, a person was deported from Saudi Arabia and arrived in Pakistan on April 17 with symptoms of monkeypox. Meanwhile, another person sitting next to him on the flight also developed symptoms of monkey pox.
Human samples, whose identities were kept confidential, were sent to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Islamabad. The facility then confirmed that they were carriers of the contagious virus.
Mpox is a viral disease caused by monkeypox virus, a type of orthopoxvirus. Two different clades exist – clade I and clade II.
The World Health Organization (WHO) states that typical symptoms of monkey pox or MP pox are skin rashes or sores that last 2-4 weeks and are accompanied by fever, headache, muscle aches. , include back pain, low energy, swollen lymph. Nodes
Mpox can be transmitted through physical contact with a person who is infectious, contaminated material, or infected animals.
The disease is treated with supportive care. Vaccines and treatments developed for smallpox and approved for use in some countries may be used in some situations for Mepox.
As of May 2022, a global outbreak of human monkeypox infection has been reported in more than 78,000 people.