Monkeypox virus in Pakistan (Pakistan Monkeypox Virus) There are reports of outbreaks. But the government has denied the allegations. The government on Monday rejected reports of monkeypox in the country. However, the government has instructed to be more vigilant about this animal and viral disease. According to a report by Radio Pakistan, an official from the Ministry of National Health Services said that all national and provincial health officials have been infected with the monkeypox. (Monkeypox Infection)Special instructions have been issued to be more vigilant about each suspected case.
According to the news, the official said that the news coming on social media about the case of Monkeypox in Pakistan is false. No case of this disease has been reported. “We have ordered the (test) kit and it will be available (to us) soon,” he said.
Deaths in Congo and Nigeria
Monkeypox has killed nine people in the African nation of Congo this year. One death has been reported in Nigeria due to the disease. The outbreak of the virus has been reported for many years. In this case, the head of the Congolese health department, Dr. Ame Elongo said 465 cases of the monkeypox virus have been confirmed in the country. West and Central Africa are most affected by the virus. Elongo said the disease is being spread in the Congo by eating dead monkeys and rats.
Patients are kept in isolation
The official further said that ‘the residents here enter the forest. They pick up dead monkeys, bats and rats, the source of the monkeypox. ” People with symptoms of monkeypox are kept in isolation, he said. He has been requested to go to the health center. Nigeria’s disease control agency says it has received the first case of monkeypox death in the country this year. The agency said that in the year 2022, 66 suspected cases of the disease were detected, of which 21 confirmed the infection. Nigeria’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said a 40-year-old patient had died. He also suffered from other diseases.
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