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New monkeypox case detected in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The federal health authorities have confirmed a new case of monkeypox after laboratory tests at the National Institute of Health (NIH) identified the viral infection in a 42-year-old man from Attock district who had recently returned from the Gulf country.
According to NIH officials, the patient from Village Malla Mansoor, Tehsil Hazro, Attock, arrived at Islamabad airport on August 15 from the Gulf state.
He was immediately referred to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) after Border Health Services staff observed visible symptoms of monkeypox, including body rashes and fever.
Hospital officials revealed that the man had been experiencing undocumented fever for the past eight days while still in the Gulf state, followed by the appearance of papules on his face and body five days earlier.
Upon his arrival in Pakistan, the patient was isolated and samples were sent to the NIH, which on August 18 confirmed monkeypox infection. Health authorities said the patient has been placed under strict home isolation and his condition is being closely monitored.
Officials further disclosed that the patient worked as a labourer in the Middle Eastern country and had reportedly been in contact with a confirmed monkeypox case there before developing symptoms. His case history suggests that the disease may have been imported through international travel, raising concerns about potential risks of transmission.
Monkeypox is a viral disease that spreads through close contact and causes fever, rash, swollen lymph nodes, and in some cases, severe complications.
The Ministry of National Health Services has directed provincial health departments to strengthen surveillance and ensure screening of inbound travelers at airports to prevent further spread.
Pakistan had earlier detected sporadic cases of monkeypox in travelers, but officials insist that there is currently no evidence of local transmission. However, sources have said that cases of local transmission had emerged in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa recently.
Experts caution that timely detection, isolation, and contact tracing remain critical to prevent community spread.
The confirmation of the case comes amid increasing international alerts regarding the resurgence of monkeypox in several countries.
Pakistani health officials have urged the public not to panic but to seek immediate medical attention if they develop unexplained fever and skin lesions, particularly after international travel.
Sean Diddy Combs’ new documentary, Sean Combs: The Reckoning, is produced by none other than his arch-nemeses, 50 Cent, and the teaser promises to pull back the curtain on the rapper’s scandals and crimes.
The new trailer, which is only 56 seconds long, showed new footage from before the Bad Boy Records founder’s arrest in September 2024, and he appeared visibly worried about losing the legal battle, which hadn’t started yet.
The footage released on December 1 showed the disgraced music mogul scrambling for legal help as he tells his team, “We have to find somebody that’ll work with us that has dealt in the dirtiest of dirty business. We’re losing!”
Social media sleuths flocked to X and shared their curiosity over the documentary, which will be available to stream on December 2.
“50 cent trolling diddy hard with this one,” one X user wrote, while another echoed, “50 been waiting his whole life to drop this bomb on Diddy and tomorrow Netflix finally hands him the mic. All those years of shots fired on Instagram just turned into a whole documentary,” referring to decades-long feud between the two musicians.
“They let 50 produce it? oh he’s COOKINGDDDD somebody up,” chimed in a third, while one reacted, “Oh yeah, this is about to shake the whole internet again.”
While Diddy is serving up to 50 months in prison, 50 Cent has collected never-before-seen footage and explosive information on the former’s Freak Off parties, as well as stories from the accusers, which will be told in the documentary.
Kristne Bell and Dax Shepherd got unfiltered feedback from their daughters on their 2012 film, Hit & Run.
During a recent episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the Idiocracy star revealed that Lincoln (12) and Delta (10) saw the movie, and were stunned to see Bell’s character break up with his character.
“They were very upset,” he shared their kids’ swift and brutally honest reaction. “and what made me so happy is they were mad at Mom, not me. They thought Mom was a b—h. They thought Daddy was a good boy with a bad past, and she should be able to overlook that, and I agree.”
Bell sitting beside her partner on the November 28 episode laughed off the critique.
She noted that the kids ultimately liked the movie.
“We spent we spent all this time making this independent film and Daddy wrote it and directed it and they were like, ‘We want to see it,’” Dax continued.
“And we hadn’t watched it in forever. We like, ‘OK, let’s watch it with you.’ They loved it. It’s very inappropriate. And it was a great litmus test for our children.”
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