The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has said that Bangladesh is on high alert for Mpox (previously Monkeypox), an infectious disease which has spread across various countries, particularly in Central Africa.
The disease, which leads to symptoms such as pain, swollen lymph nodes, and fever, has been reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, and Kenya. Pakistan’s health ministry, on Friday, said that it had identified a case of Mpox, but sequencing is being done to determine whether it is a new variant.
Daud Adnan, deputy director of the Department of Hospitals and Clinics at the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), reassured the public on Saturday that no cases have been detected in Bangladesh yet.
