Pakistan reports fourth mpox case; this time in PoK

AUTHORITIES in Pakistan on Monday reported a suspected case of Monkeypox (mpox) in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, taking the number of people affected by the virus to four.

A 47-year-old resident of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), who recently returned to Pakistan from Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, was admitted to Islamabad’s Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) with mpox symptoms.