PUTRAJAYA, Aug 26 — There are 31 suspected mpox cases in Malaysia, of which 25 are confirmed negative while six are under monitoring.

MELAKA, Aug 25 — The Home Affairs Ministry (KDN) is monitoring four main entry points to help the Health Ministry prevent the spread of mpox in Malaysia.

DUNGUN, Aug 24 — The government has activated a special operations room at the National Crisis Preparedness and Response Centre (CPRC) since last Friday (August 16), to monitor and prevent the spread of the monkeypox (mpox) outbreak.

By Selangor Journal Team SHAH ALAM, Aug 23 — State executive councillor for public health and environment Jamaliah Jamaluddin has urged Selangor residents to avoid high-risk activities and seek medical attention if they exhibit Mpox symptoms.  This is after the World Health Organisation's...

SINGAPORE, Aug 23 — Singapore has detected 13 cases of mpox Clade 2 infections this year, the health ministry said in a bulletin yesterday.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 21— Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil has advised the public to refer to official statements from relevant ministries or agencies to verify viral news, including reports of mpox cases.

MANILA, Aug 21 — The Philippines' health minister said a recently detected mpox case in the Southeast Asian nation is of the mild Clade Two variant and not the newer variant that has spread rapidly in Africa.

BERLIN, Aug 20 — A World Health Organisation official stressed today that mpox, regardless of the new or old strain, is not the new Covid-19, as authorities know how to control its spread.

GEORGE TOWN, Aug 20 — The government has not planned to implement a vaccination programme for monkeypox or mpox for the people of this country, said Deputy Health Minister Datuk Lukanisman Awang Sauni.

KINSHASA, Aug 20 — The ongoing mpox outbreak has been declared a "continental emergency," according to the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Health Minister Samuel-Roger Kamba.

MANILA, Aug 19 — The Philippines has detected a new case of the mpox virus in the country, the first since December last year, its health department said today, adding it was awaiting test results before being able to determine the strain.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 18 — The Health Ministry will increase surveillance at Malaysia’s international entry points and advocacy on mpox following mpox being declared a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) by the World Health Organisation for a second time on August 14.

PESHAWAR, Aug 16 — Pakistan's Health Ministry has confirmed at least one case of the mpox virus in a patient who had returned from a Gulf country, it said today, as provincial health authorities reported they had detected at least three cases.

STOCKHOLM/CHICAGO, Aug 16 — Global health officials yesterday confirmed an infection with a new strain of the mpox virus in Sweden and linked it to a growing outbreak in Africa, the first sign of its spread outside the continent a day after the World Health Organization declared the disease a global public health emergency.

GENEVA, Aug 15 — The World Health Organisation (WHO) yesterday declared mpox a global public health emergency for the second time in two years, following an outbreak of the viral infection in Democratic Republic of Congo that has spread to neighbouring countries.

GENEVA, Aug 14 — The World Health Organisation (WHO) has convened an emergency committee to discuss the outbreak of viral disease mpox, as cases are occurring globally, according to dpa.