00:00The health ministry on Tuesday said a new mpox case had been detected in Malaysia.
00:05The ministry said the patient began showing symptoms of fever, sore throat and cough on
00:10September 11 and rashes appeared on September 12.
00:14It said the patient was confirmed positive for mpox clade 2 on Monday.
00:19It said the patient had no history of travelling overseas within 21 days before the onset of
00:25symptoms.
00:26The patient is currently in isolation and in a stable condition while the patient's
00:30contacts are being identified and their health status will be monitored.
00:35The ministry said out of the 58 suspected mpox cases referred to them this year, one
00:40case had been confirmed positive.
00:43They said all 10 cases in Malaysia from July 26 last year to present day are only mpox
00:49clade 2 cases.
00:51Last month, the ministry said Malaysia has recorded nine mpox cases to date since the
00:56first case was detected in July last year.
01:00They said all the cases reported had a history of high-risk activities and had recovered
01:04with no deaths reported.
01:07Mpox was declared as a public health emergency of international concern for a second time
01:11last month following the swift transmission of the clade 1b variant from the Democratic
01:17Republic of Congo and neighbouring countries.
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