Monkeypox

News Desk  Karachi: Sindh is witnessing a concerning rise in monkeypox (mpox) cases, with health authorities confirming nine deaths so far, an alarming figure that underscores the seriousness of the outbreak. According to the Sindh…

News Desk Islamabad: A monkeypox outbreak has been reported in Khairpur, prompting Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to take immediate notice and direct authorities to take swift action. According to officials, the situation is being…

News Desk  Islamabad: The Standing Committee on National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination (NHSR&C) on Monday expressed serious concerns over regulatory lapses in Pakistan’s private healthcare sector, rising public health…

News Desk Lahore: The threat of monkeypox has intensified in Punjab after four new cases were confirmed in Lahore over the past 24 hours, raising concerns among health authorities. According to the Health Department, fresh cases of…

News Desk  Islamabad: Peshawar reported its first case of the mpox virus (formerly known as monkeypox) for the year on Saturday, bringing Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa's total to 10 cases. Health authorities confirmed the virus in a 35-year-old…

News Desk  Islamabad: A 32-year-old man from Upper Dir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, has been diagnosed with monkeypox after arriving from a Gulf country, marking the eighth case of the virus in Pakistan this year. The patient, who landed at…

AFP/APP Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Friday that it has for the first time prequalified an mpox vaccine. This development is expected to accelerate access to the vaccine in response to an ongoing epidemic in…

APP Islamabad: The Ministry of Health confirmed on Sunday that a fourth case of Monkeypox has been reported in Peshawar. The affected individual, a 47-year-old from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, was isolated on August 29 by Border Health…

Peshawar: Provincial Health Minister Syed Qasim Ali Shah has ordered emergency measures after a 47-year-old man from Nowshera tested positive for Monkeypox. Isolation and screening wards will be set up at three hospitals…

APP/IRNA Mashhad: Iran has intensified the syndromic care surveillance for Mpox in the land and air borders of Razavi Khorasan to prevent the entry of suspicious people or those with a history of traveling to infected areas. Mashhad…