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Pakistan detects first monkeypox case of 2025 at Peshawar airport
PESHAWAR (92 News) Pakistan has detected its first monkeypox (mpox) case of 2025 at the Bacha Khan International Airport in Peshawar.
According to Adviser to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister on Health Ehtesham Ali, the Public Health Reference Lab confirmed the virus in a Dubai-returned person at the airport.
The National Institute of Health (NIH) stated that airport health staff intercepted the infected person during screening and immediately moved him to Police Services Hospital for treatment in isolation.
Authorities have sent samples to the lab for further analysis and requested details of other passengers on board the flight.
It should be noted here that 10 Mpox cases have been reported in the province since the outbreak, with two cases in 2023, seven in 2024, and now one in 2025.
Globally, the World Health Organisation (WHO) recently declared Mpox a public health emergency. The virus has now spread to 121 countries, with 500 deaths reported so far, particularly affecting people with weak immune systems.