Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has confirmed its fourth case of monkeypox. The latest patient, a 47-year-old from Peshawar, had recently traveled abroad and displayed symptoms upon arrival at the airport.
Dr. Arshad Ali, Director of Public Health for the province, reported that the individual was promptly transferred to the Police Services Hospital, where the Public Health Reference Laboratory has verified the diagnosis.
Dr. Ali assured the public that the patient was in stable condition and receiving appropriate treatment. He emphasized that no local transmission has been reported so far. This new case brings the total number of monkeypox cases in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to four for the year.
It should be noted that the Federal Ministry of Health issued strict guidelines provisioning screening, isolation, and other preventive measures, including thermal scanning, at all international airports across the country in light of the threat posed by the recent global outbreak of the monkeypox virus.
Meanwhile, the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) has also directed all airlines flying into Pakistan from abroad to adopt preventive measures against monkeypox at the airports.
