Monkey pox; Pakistan Cricket Board’s health advisory for disease prevention.

Monkey pox; Pakistan Cricket Board’s health advisory for disease prevention….

Rawalpindi (Asghar Ali Mubarak)

The Pakistan Cricket Board has directed strict implementation of health advisory during cricket matches to prevent diseases

After the World Health Organization (WHO) declared monkeypox as a global health emergency, strict measures to prevent and protect it have been started all over the world, including Pakistan.

Pakistan is the first country in Asia, where the deadly monkeypox virus has been confirmed. Regarding monkey pox, experts say that this disease spreads through close relationships,

it is not a fast-spreading epidemic like Corona. Which is why experts seem to be giving instructions to ensure social distancing.

Sources have revealed that PCB is now strictly following the health advisory in this regard
Remember, the Pakistan cricket team will play the first test match against Bangladesh in the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Wednesday.

The second test match will be played in the same stadium from August 30 to September 3. A committee has been formed from Punjab. Monkey pox has been confirmed in 3 pilgrims who went to Iran via Balochistan.

According to the report, the mother, son and daughter from Bahawalpur were stopped on their arrival in Iran. The three persons had left Quetta for pilgrimage to Iraq via Iran two days ago.

The Punjab committee will be headed by former caretaker health minister Dr. Javed Akram, the committee will work on the diagnosis and treatment of monkeypox.

On the other hand, the Punjab Health Department has requested 200 kits from the federal government for the monkeypox test, the Punjab Health Department says that the institution currently has 95 kits in stock.

Labs of Institute of Public Health and Punjab AIDS Control Program have been selected, monkey pox diagnostic tests will be done in these two laboratories.Test samples will also be sent to National Institute of Health Islamabad.

It should be noted that the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global health emergency on August 15, when the dangerous type of ‘monkey pox’ was diagnosed outside Africa for the first time.

The virus enters the body through broken skin, the respiratory tract, or through the eyes, nose, or mouth. Within one to three days after the onset of fever, the patient develops a rash, which often starts on the face and then spreads to other parts of the body.

Other symptoms of the disease include headache, muscle pain, fatigue and lymphadenopathy. The duration of exposure to the virus is usually 7 to 14 days, but it can range from 5 to 21 days, and the illness usually lasts two to four weeks.

The World Health Organization has declared the recent spread of this new type of virus as a cause of concern at the international level and declared a state of emergency.

Since the current outbreak began in January 2023, more than 27,000 cases have been reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with more than 1100 deaths. Most of those who died from this disease included children.

According to WHO, between January 2022 and June 2024, this virus caused 208 deaths in 116 countries of the world and more than 99 thousand cases were recorded.