Malaysia's health ministry reported on Tuesday one new case of the mpox virus infection of the clade 2 variety, a less severe variant of the disease, and said the patient had been isolated and was in a stable condition.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia on Tuesday (Sep 17) reported its first mpox case of the year after a man who had not been abroad in recent weeks tested positive for the less severe clade II variant.

Malaysia's health ministry reported a new case of mpox of the clade 2 variant. The patient, now in stable condition, showed symptoms on Sept. 11. This brings the total to 10 cases since last year. The World Health Organization recently declared mpox a global public health emergency.

Malaysia reported one new case of the mpox virus infection of the clade 2 variety, the health ministry said on Tuesday. The case was detected in a male patient on Monday, who began showing symptoms of fever,

Last month, the World Health Organization declared mpox a global public health emergency for the second time in two years.

Malaysia on Tuesday reported one more case of mpox, taking the overall toll to 10, the country's Health Ministry said. The ministry said on X it received 58 suspected cases of mpox this year and a confirmed case of clade II variant. There is no recent travel history of the patient while health authorities are tracing the contacts of the patient.

Malaysia has detected 10 cases of mpox since July last year, all of which are of the clade 2 variant. A new form of the virus has triggered global concern as it seems to spread easily though routine close contact, leading to flu-like symptoms and pus-filled lesions.