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Mpox Virus Detected in Pakistan

A man riding a vehicle moves past the building of National Institute of Health (NIH), a Pakistani research institute mainly responsible for biomedical and health related research, in Islamabad on August 16, 2024. (Photo by Farooq NAEEM / AFP)
A man riding a vehicle moves past the building of National Institute of Health (NIH), a Pakistani research institute mainly responsible for biomedical and health related research, in Islamabad on August 16, 2024. (Photo by Farooq NAEEM / AFP)
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Mpox Virus Detected in Pakistan

A man riding a vehicle moves past the building of National Institute of Health (NIH), a Pakistani research institute mainly responsible for biomedical and health related research, in Islamabad on August 16, 2024. (Photo by Farooq NAEEM / AFP)
A man riding a vehicle moves past the building of National Institute of Health (NIH), a Pakistani research institute mainly responsible for biomedical and health related research, in Islamabad on August 16, 2024. (Photo by Farooq NAEEM / AFP)

Pakistan's health ministry has confirmed at least one case of the mpox virus in a patient who had returned from a Gulf country, it said on Friday, though they did not yet know the strain of the virus.

A health ministry spokesperson said the sequencing of the confirmed case was underway, and that it would not be clear which variant of mpox the patient had until the process was complete.

A new form of the virus has triggered global concern because it seems to spread more easily though routine close contact. A case of the new variant was confirmed on Thursday in Sweden and linked to a growing outbreak in Africa, the first sign of its spread outside the continent.

However, the World Health Organization has advised against any travel restrictions to stop the spread of mpox.

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Argentine Police Thwart Alleged Terror Attacks in Mendoza

Argentine flags in a square in the capital, Buenos Aires. (Reuters)
Argentine flags in a square in the capital, Buenos Aires. (Reuters)
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Argentine Police Thwart Alleged Terror Attacks in Mendoza

Argentine flags in a square in the capital, Buenos Aires. (Reuters)
Argentine flags in a square in the capital, Buenos Aires. (Reuters)

Argentina's Federal Police dismantled what it said was a terrorist cell planning attacks on the Jewish community in the city of Mendoza, the National Security Ministry said in a statement on Friday, describing the group as "terrorist organization."

Argentina has Latin America's largest Jewish population. A 1994 attack on a Jewish community center killed 85 people in what remains the deadliest such incident in the South American nation's history. An attack against the Israeli embassy in 1992 killed 22 people.

Libertarian President Javier Milei, a staunch proponent of both the Jewish community and Israel, promised last month to beef up the national intelligence system to prevent future attacks, according to Reuters.

"We are going to get rid of each and every one of these criminals who intend to sow fear in Argentines and they will pay," Security Minister Patricia Bullrich posted on social media.

The incident follows arrests in Argentina in January of three people with Syrian and Lebanese citizenship suspected of plotting what the authorities called a terrorist attack.

Seven members of the alleged group were arrested, the security ministry said. Eight raids were carried out at the homes of the members, resulting in the seizure of firearms, knives and electronic devices, they said.