Pakistan reports fourth case of mpox virus

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ISLAMABAD: Authorities in Pakistan on Sunday reported another case of monkeypox (mpox) virus amid the confusion about the total number of cases confirmed so far in the country.

The fourth case was detected in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province where authorities confirmed three previous infections of the virus.

“The medical team at Peshawar airport transferred the patient (fourth case) to the Police and Services Hospital (PSH) after detecting symptoms of the virus during the screening,” KP Health Director Dr Irshad Ali Roghani said. All patients returned from abroad and so far there was no local case reported.