Three new cases of mpox have been detected in the kingdom. All three of the cases are male patients, and they are now being treated by the Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute, a medical institution specialised in treating infectious diseases, the Department of Disease Control (DDC) said yesterday.
Tares: ‘All were males aged 21-40’
Mpox is the new term used for what was known as monekypox, as advised by the World Health Organization in a bid to mitigate a rise in related racist and stigmatising language associated with the ailment.
The three new cases have brought the total number of mpox infections to 18 since the viral disease was declared to be an infectious one requiring special surveillance on May 25 of last year. The first infection was then detected on July 21 of the same year, said DDC director-general Dr Tares Krassanairawiwong.
“The three new…
