PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has confirmed its third case of the Monkeypox virus after a 51-year-old man, returning to Pakistan from abroad, tested positive.
According to the spokesperson of the Ministry of Health, during the screening at the Bacha Khan Airport in Peshawar yesterday, symptoms of monkeypox were found in the two passengers, after which the two persons were isolated by the Border Health Services staff.
The spokesman said that the samples of the two persons were sent to Peshawar Reference Public Laboratory, Khyber Medical University, and one of them has tested positive.
According to the spokesperson of the Ministry of Health, the citizen who tested positive for monkeypox is a resident of Peshawar, the travel history of the affected person is from Gulf countries, while the contact tracing of the affected person is being screened.
The spokesman said that after the recent emergency, the number of m-pox cases in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has increased to 3.
In this regard, Health Coordinator Dr. Mukhtar said that the government of Pakistan has made an effective strategy to protect the public from monkeypox, the staff of border health services are working at all airports.
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Earlier, Ministry of Health on Friday confirmed that second case of Monkeypox has been reported in Pakistan.
According to spokesperson of the Ministry of Health, the patient came from the Gulf countries with symptoms. He added that the Health Desk at Peshawar Airport transferred the patient to hospital timely whose Mpox test was reported positive.
