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Shehbaz Sharif instructs NCOC to remain alert and ensure availability of equipment for detecting the virus
PM’s Coordinator for Health announces surveillance at airports and daily monitoring to curb monkeypox spread
WHO urges swift vaccine production as a lethal mpox strain recorded in Sweden, Pakistan; China to screen travellers
Vehicles, containers and goods from areas with mpox cases should be sanitised, Customs statement added
The disease causes flu-like symptoms and pus-filled lesions, and is usually mild but can kill
K-P citizen, who recently arrived from a Gulf country, displays symptoms of Mpox, confirms health ministry
K-P health authorities have issued high alert across province
Around 100 countries where mpox is not endemic have now reported outbreaks of the viral disease