Pakistan’s Peshawar city is emerging as the ‘epicentre’ of the globally concerning mpox virus. The neighbouring country reported its fifth monkeypox case on Sunday, after a 47-year-old man tested positive at the Bacha Khan International Airport. The latest mpox case has raised concerns about the virus’s spread from travellers arriving from West Asia

Mpox has been declared a global health emergency for the second time in two years.

A new form of the virus, clade lb, has triggered global concern as it seems to be spreading quickly and little is known about the strain.

The virus has spread to several countries outside Africa.

This includes Pakistan, which reported its fifth mpox case on Sunday.

According to Geo News, the neighbouring country’s Peshawar city is emerging as the “epicentre” of the virus.