Three new cases of mpox have been detected in the kingdom. All three of the cases are male patients, and they are now being treated by the Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute, a medical institution specialised in treating infectious diseases, the Department of Disease Control (DDC) said yesterday.

Mpox is the new term used for what was known as monekypox, as advised by the World Health Organization in a bid to mitigate a rise in related racist and stigmatising language associated with the ailment.