PESHAWAR: The Directorate General of Health Services Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has specified two hospitals in the provincial capital to deal with suspected monkeypox (Mpox) cases coming from abroad. A notification issued here said that Landi Kotal Hospital at Pak-Afghan border would check the affected persons at Torkham border point while an isolation ward has also been set up at the hospital for Mpox positive cases. Similarly, Police Services Hospital Peshawar would manage Mpox cases to be reported from Bacha Khan International Airport here. It is pertinent to mention here that Mpox is an infectious viral disease that can occur in humans and some other animals with symptoms include fever, swollen lymph nodes and rash that forms blister and then crusts over. APP
