No new Mpox cases since Sept 16 - health minister

No new cases of Mpox have been detected since Sept 16, 2024, said Health Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad.

He said this was after the Health Ministry screened 22.8 million tourists at the many entry points into the country with all inbound foreign travellers testing negative.

“As far as we know, there are no new cases and there was only one case a while ago,” he told a press conference after officiating at the Silver Jubilee celebration of the Health Ministry’s Stem Cell/Bone Marrow Transplant Service at Ampang Hospital today.

On Sept 16, the Health Ministry confirmed detecting one Mpox case of the Clade II variant, making a total of 10 cases since July 26 last year (2023).

Mpox Clade I viruses are categorised as highly contagious and have a 10 percent mortality rate, while Clade II has a lower mortality rate.

- Bernama

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