Pakistan confirms case of new mpox variant

This is Asia’s first mpox case. REPRESENTATION PIC

Pakistan's health ministry said Friday it has identified the first case of a new mpox variant that might be more easily transmitted, days after WHO declared the spread of mpox a global health emergency.

The case, in a man who had recently returned from a Middle Eastern country, is only the second confirmed case of the new variant outside of Africa. The first case was reported by authorities in Sweden.

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