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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Health
Abid Hussain

Pakistan confirms its first case of mpox

A woman holds a mock-up vial labeled 'monkeypox vaccine' and medical syringe [File: Dado Ruvic/Reuters]

Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistani health authorities have confirmed the first case of mpox in the country.

The infectious viral disease, earlier known as monkeypox, was found in a 25-year-old Pakistani man who recently arrived in Islamabad from Saudi Arabia.

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