ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of National Health Services (NHS) on Monday claimed that the mpox virus was under control in Pakistan as the country has reported only two cases since the disease was declared a global emergency earlier this month.
A ministry’s spokesperson has claimed that screening of suspected patients is being done across the country, and those showing symptoms are being sent to isolation wards in hospitals to avoid local transmission of the virus.
Sajid Shah, the spokesperson, said the federal government is strictly monitoring the situation, and Health Secretary Nadeem Mehbub was “himself visiting airports to monitor the situation”.
“Along with Islamabad International Airport, the health secretary has visited Peshawar and Lahore airports,” the spokesperson said.
