Heallth alert amid monkeypox outbreak in Bangladesh

Amid rising cases of monkeypox across the world, Bangladesh has declared a health alert to curb the latest outbreak of the disease.

However, no cases have been reported in the country so far, Xinhua News Agency on Sunday reported citing a health official.

No monkeypox case has been reported in Bangladesh yet, but we’ve made the declaration in order to check any eventuality, the official from the health ministry said.

According to the official, the initial measures will involve monkeypox screening of all incoming passengers from countries where cases have been detected.

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