PETALING JAYA: A new monkeypox (mpox) case has been detected, says the Health Ministry.
It said in a statement on Tuesday (Sept 17) that the patient is a male citizen who began showing symptoms of fever, sore throat, and cough on Sept 11, while rashes appeared on Sept 12.
"The patient has no history of international travel within 21 days before the onset of symptoms, is currently in isolation, and is in a stable condition," said the ministry.
It added that the contacts of this patient are being identified, and their health status will be monitored according to the current strict standard operating procedures (SOPs).
"Out of the 58 suspected mpox cases referred to the ministry this year, one (1) case has been confirmed positive for mpox clade II on Sept 16. As such, all 10 cases in Malaysia from July 26 last year to the present are only from clade II," said the ministry.
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On Aug 15, the ministry said that Malaysia has recorded nine monkeypox (mpox) cases to date since the first case was detected on July 26 last year with the last one in November.
It said all the cases reported had a history of high-risk activities and had recovered with no deaths reported.
Mpox was declared as a public health emergency of international concern for a second time on Aug 14 following the swift transmission of the clade 1b variant from the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighbouring countries in Africa.
"Following this the Health Ministry activated the mpox operations and swift crisis response centre on Aug 16," the ministry statement added.
