Two positive cases of monkeypox recorded: DG

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Kuala Lumpur: The Ministry of Health (MOH) Friday confirmed that there are two positive cases of monkeypox (mpox) recorded in the country.

Health director-general, Datuk Dr Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan, said that a confirmed case on July 26 involved a foreign man, while the second case was a local man who was a contact of the first mpox case, and was confirmed positive for mpox on July 29.“The first case involves a foreign man who has been living and working in Malaysia since April 2022. “He has a history of travelling to a country with reported cases of mpox on July 6 this year and returned to Malaysia on July 10.

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