The Ministry of Public Health has announced that no suspected or positive cases of monkey pox have been registered in Afghanistan.
After receiving reports about two suspected cases of monkey pox in Kabul and Paktia, officials say that no suspected or positive cases of this disease have been registered in Afghanistan.
Sharaf Zaman Amarkhel, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Health, said on Tuesday that the ministry will announce it if there is a suspected or positive case of monkeypox.
Earlier, a number of media, citing health sources, reported that two suspected cases of monkey pox were detected in Kabul and Paktia.
The officials of the Ministry of Public Health announced nearly a week ago that they are trying to prevent the spread of the disease.
So far, cases of monkeypox have been recorded in Pakistan, Sweden and Africa.
The World Health Organization recently declared the outbreak of monkey pox a health emergency and said that the new strain of this virus is spreading.