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Pakistan

First monkeypox case of 2025 confirmed in Lahore’s General Hospital

Medical board formed for patient as isolation and treatment protocols activated

Published 19 Sep, 2025 05:55pm

Pakistan

Punjab government intensifies measures against Monkey pox

Prof Akram emphasized the urgent need for cooperation from airport authorities

Published 30 Aug, 2024 09:00am

Life & Style

Pakistan’s third mpox case detected in Nowshera: KP health minister

KP health minister orders emergency measures

Updated 24 Aug, 2024 11:29pm

Pakistan

Pakistan implements massive screening of int’l passengers amid mpox scare

At least 18,479 passengers from 135 international flights were screened

Published 23 Aug, 2024 03:28pm

Life & Style

Mpox confirmed in three Pakistani pilgrims travelling to Iran

Iranian government orders health ministry to check all pilgrims from Pakistan

Published 20 Aug, 2024 04:45pm

Life & Style

Pakistan confirms mpox case is not new strain

Clade 1b has triggered global concern because it seems to spread more easily through routine close contact

Updated 19 Aug, 2024 07:57pm

Life & Style

Pakistan reports first monkeypox death

Deceased patient was under treatment for more than one month at PIMS

Published 19 Dec, 2023 01:08pm

Pakistan

Four deportees with suspects monkeypox cases escape from airport

They were deported to Pakistan from Libya on a special flight

Published 09 Sep, 2023 03:33pm

Pakistan

Monkeypox case detected in Rawalpindi

NIH conducting epidemiological investigations and contact tracing

Published 19 Aug, 2023 11:36pm

Pakistan

Pakistan’s fifth monkeypox case detected in Islamabad

The patient recently arrived from Makkah

Published 22 May, 2023 11:30pm

Pakistan

Pakistan confirms first monkeypox case reported in Karachi

Contact tracing under way, says Sindh health department

Updated 04 May, 2023 10:00pm

Pakistan

Pakistan reports third case of monkeypox

The first case was reported in Islamabad on April 25

Updated 02 May, 2023 03:31pm

Life & Style

Pakistan’s first monkeypox patient ‘fully recovered’

Situation is completely under control, claims Health Minister Abdul Qadir Patel

Published 01 May, 2023 09:09am

Pakistan

Karachi suspected monkeypox case ‘turns out’ to be chickenpox

The patient tested negative for monkeypox

Updated 30 Apr, 2023 01:40pm

Pakistan

First case of monkeypox detected in Islamabad

Sindh has put hospitals on high alert

Updated 25 Apr, 2023 09:31pm

Health

WHO turns to public for monkeypox name change

Experts warn the name can be stigmatising to the primates it was named after

Published 16 Aug, 2022 04:58pm

Health

India reports Asia’s first possible monkeypox death

WHO says more than 18,000 monkeypox cases have been detected throughout the world

Published 01 Aug, 2022 10:44pm

Health

WHO expects more monkeypox-related deaths as Spain reports second casualty

18,000 cases detected outside Africa, majority of them in Europe, says WHO

Published 30 Jul, 2022 05:56pm

World

Marauding monkeys injure 42 in Japan

City officials and police have been patrolling the area

Published 26 Jul, 2022 11:53am

Health

Pakistan increases surveillance for suspected monkeypox cases

No monkeypox cases have been recorded in Pakistan yet

Published 25 Jul, 2022 01:00pm

Health

WHO declares global health emergency over monkeypox outbreak

More than 16,000 cases of monkeypox in more than 75 countries

Published 24 Jul, 2022 02:23pm

Health

WHO triggers highest alert on monkeypox

Monkeypox has affected over 16,800 people in 74 countries

Published 23 Jul, 2022 11:41pm

منکی پاکس وائرس، عالمی ادارہ صحت نے دنیا میں ہائی الرٹ جاری کردیا

دنیا میں اب تک منکی پاکس وائرس کے 16 ہزار کیسز 75 مختلف ممالک سے رپورٹ ہوئے ہیں

Published 23 Jul, 2022 07:56pm

World

US identifies first cases of monkeypox in children

This year, more than 14,000 cases of monkeypox in more than 60 countries

Published 23 Jul, 2022 01:50pm

منکی پاکس کیسز: ڈبلیو ایچ او کا دوبارہ اجلاس بلانے کا فیصلہ

وائرس سے متعلق ڈبلیو ایچ او کی ہنگامی کمیٹی کا دوسرا اجلاس بگڑتی ہوئی صورتحال کے شواہد کا جائزہ لینے کے لیے منعقد کیا جائے گا

Published 21 Jul, 2022 12:30pm

Health

US struggles to meet monkeypox vaccine demand

Vaccine recommended for anyone who has been in close contact with someone infected with monkeypox

Published 16 Jul, 2022 05:57pm

سعودی عرب میں مونکی پوکس کا پہلا کیس سامنے آگیا

سعودی عرب نے بیرون ملک سے آنے والے ایک شخص کے لیے مونکی پوکس کا پہلا کیس رپورٹ کیا۔

Published 15 Jul, 2022 10:05am

Health

Monkeypox cases top 5,000: WHO

WHO report about monkeypox cases.

Published 05 Jul, 2022 04:06pm

Health

Monkeypox not presently a global public health concern: WHO

The viral disease occurs primarily in tropical rainforest areas of Central and West Africa

Published 27 Jun, 2022 10:46am

Health

EU to buy 110,000 monkeypox vaccines with deliveries from end of June

Commission officials say name of vaccine maker will be unveiled shortly

Published 14 Jun, 2022 02:16pm