### [2023-04-26](/feed/2023/04/26/index.md)

##### 2022–2023 mpox outbreak
# Pakistan reports their first case of mpox. 

Pakistani man, 25, diagnosed with the virus, once called monkeypox, after recently arriving from Saudi Arabia.


### Sources:

1. [Al Jazeera](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/26/pakistan-confirms-its-first-case-of-mpox) [Image](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2022-05-25T210712Z_910061344_RC2IEU96HIKI_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-MONKEYPOX-VACCINES-1682498483.jpg?resize=1920%2C1440)

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