Oman confirms no case of mpox recorded in country

The Ministry of Health in Oman confirmed on Saturday that no cases of mpox have been recorded in the country.

The authority said that it was monitoring updates on the disease following the World Health Organisation's declaration of mpox as a public health emergency.

Pakistan's health ministry confirmed on Friday at least one case of the mpox virus in a patient who had returned from a Gulf country, as provincial health authorities reported they had detected three cases. On Thursday, Sweden said it had confirmed a first case of mpox, a viral infection that spreads through close contact.

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