The new case is a man who resides in Dangkor district, in the capital, who was hospitalized.

The trend of Mpox transmission in the Kingdom is increasing in line with the global trend, said the ministry, recalling that, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), the disease had spread to 117 countries by January 25, with more than 93,000 cases and 176 deaths worldwide.

The virus that causes monkeypox is transmitted from person to person through all forms of contact, whether sexual or through wounds, body fluids, saliva, airborne droplets and equipment contaminated with the virus, including clothing, towels or cutlery, among others.

Mpox can also be transmitted from mother to child through the umbilical cord during or after childbirth, if the mother has immunodeficiency syndrome.

In July 2023, the WHO declared monkeypox an emergency of international concern, although the risk was then moderate globally, but high in Europe.

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