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00:00There is a prediction that if 2 lakh crore people have to die in a few weeks,

00:05they will die from a microbe, not from an atomic bomb or a nuclear arsenal.

00:11If there is life, there is life. A healthy society is very important.

00:14Monkeypox, you are all hearing about it.

00:16You are landing at the airport and you are checking whether this is it or not.

00:21Let's talk about what it is, why it happens and how it can spread.

00:26Some basic information and then we will talk to the relevant doctors to educate us.

00:31First of all, what is it?

00:33It is a virus that basically transmits from animals to humans.

00:39The family that the virus is related to has 83 different types of viruses.

00:44The virus that is related to this family is called smallpox.

00:50It is also called monkeypox.

00:58The World Health Organization has changed its name to mpox two years ago.

01:04But it is still called monkeypox.

01:08Monkey and monkey have nothing to do with each other.

01:12So if you think it is monkey's mischief, it is not exactly like that.

01:18It has nothing to do with monkey's mischief.

01:20But it has something to do with the fact that

01:22many years ago, in 1958, it was found in a laboratory in Denmark.

01:28It was found in two monkeys.

01:30Because of this, it was named monkeypox.

01:33These monkeys are not mambas.

01:36Nor do they usually transmit to humans.

01:40So how does it transmit?

01:42Which animal is responsible for its transmission?

01:46It is said that science has not yet been able to find out which animal is responsible for its transmission.

01:50But African rats are considered to be responsible for its transmission.

01:55In 1970, the first case of monkeypox was found in humans.

02:03When this virus was found in a 9-month-old baby in a hospital in Congo, Africa.

02:09It was first confirmed to spread in 2022.

02:13When this epidemic was found in more than 70 countries around the world.

02:17Then it was found for the first time that it was a widespread disease.

02:20Due to the rapid increase in cases, it attracted attention at the global level.

02:26Then the World Health Organization announced

02:28that monkeypox is not only a threat to public health in Africa,

02:31but it is also an international threat.

02:34In countries like Britain, Singapore, America, Australia, Europe and Canada,

02:39monkeypox spread through people who had recently visited African countries.

02:43So it seemed to be spreading from there, but then it started spreading all over the world.

02:47The big reason for this, as we mentioned at your service,

02:50in the eyes of the World Health Organization,

02:52is that it has a connection with Chichag.

02:54And due to global efforts against Chichag,

02:57the disease was claimed to have been eradicated from the world on May 8, 1980.

03:03The world had been purified from it.

03:06But now that it is developing a connection with Chichag,

03:08it is even more worrying for the World Health Organization

03:10as to why it is emerging again.

03:12Now, to know some basic things about this,

03:15to increase our awareness, Dr. Javed Akram,

03:18Dr. Javed Akram is a specialist in infectious diseases.

03:21And he is the former caretaker health minister of Punjab.

03:24We have given him a lot of trouble.

03:26Mr. Javed, thank you very much. Assalamualaikum.

03:29Walaikumassalam.

03:31Sir, thank you very much for your time.

03:34We have told you in our own way,

03:36but if you could tell us in simple words

03:38what is this monkeypox or mpox.

03:42A common man thinks,

03:44if it is a disease,

03:46what is the risk of my death?

03:48How fatal is this disease?

03:52Thank you very much.

03:54I don't think this is something to worry about,

03:56especially in Pakistan.

03:58This is not a new disease.

04:00In the last 15 years,

04:03it has stopped the spread of this disease in Pakistan.

04:05This time, it started from Congo

04:07and then from Congo to African countries.

04:09And in Pakistan,

04:11it mostly came from Saudi Arabia

04:13and most of the cases reported in KPK,

04:15only one was reported in Sindh.

04:19And it was the travel history of all

04:21from such areas where it is endemic.

04:23And there has not been any local case

04:25who has been affected by this disease locally.

04:29And this is a DNA virus,

04:31like the COVID-19 RNA virus.

04:33And basically,

04:35it is an incubation period

04:37when the virus enters your body.

04:39And most of the time,

04:41it does not enter through breathing,

04:43but through touch.

04:45When your close body touches

04:47a person whose body has

04:49tubes or pustules,

04:51then for at least

04:53one week to three weeks,

04:55there can be no symptoms,

04:57but it can spread.

05:00So, this is what we call an incubation period.

05:02After that,

05:04the symptoms are the same

05:06as that of COVID-19 or any other viral infection.

05:08Cough, cold, cough, cough,

05:10and after a few days,

05:12after three to four days,

05:14the seeds start to come out

05:16which are very painful

05:18and are also excreted.

05:20And after that,

05:22some people who have small children

05:24or old people

05:26or those who have been transplanted

05:29have very little chance

05:31of developing a lung disease

05:33or pneumonia

05:35and then they need hospitalization.

05:37This time,

05:39the WHO

05:41said that when this disease

05:43came to Congo

05:45and 24,000 people were affected

05:47in Congo,

05:49it was called a global health warning.

05:51And the reason for this

05:53was that this time

05:55the genetic type

05:58is very virulent.

06:00It is 1A.

06:02But in Pakistan,

06:04alhamdulillah,

06:06all the cases were of the old serotype 2B

06:08which is almost

06:10negligible

06:121 in 50,000 chance

06:14that someone will die.

06:16So, that is why

06:18I think there is a need for caution in Pakistan.

06:20But there is no need for fear.

06:22There is no need for fear and anxiety.

06:24Those people

06:27who are suffering from other diseases

06:29like diabetes, blood pressure, heart disease,

06:31cancer,

06:33they should treat their primary disease

06:35with their knowledge

06:37and keep their defense forces right.

06:39Especially if your people

06:41are from Saudi Arabia

06:43or from Africa

06:45or from Dubai

06:47and they have symptoms

06:49then isolate them

06:51until their tests are done.

06:53We do their PCR test in a few hours.

06:55We have done about 90 PCR tests

06:57and alhamdulillah,

06:59in Punjab, all are still negative.

07:01We have trained all the doctors

07:03in immigration

07:05and border health security

07:07how to deal

07:09with them.

07:11How to deal with them.

07:13How to deal with them.

07:15Is the test similar to

07:17the COVID test?

07:19Is the test similar to

07:21the COVID test?

07:24It is a DNA virus.

07:26It is a DNA virus.

07:28It is a DNA virus.

07:30It is a DNA virus.

07:32It is a DNA virus.

07:34It is a DNA virus.

07:36It is a DNA virus.

07:38It is a DNA virus.

07:40It is a DNA virus.

07:42It is a DNA virus.

07:44It is a DNA virus.

07:46It is a DNA virus.

07:48It is a DNA virus.

07:50It is a DNA virus.

07:53It is a DNA virus.

07:55It is a DNA virus.

07:57It is a DNA virus.

07:59It is a DNA virus.

08:01It is a DNA virus.

08:03It is a DNA virus.

08:05It is a DNA virus.

08:07It is a DNA virus.

08:09It is a DNA virus.

08:11It is a DNA virus.

08:13It is a DNA virus.

08:15It is a DNA virus.

08:17It is a DNA virus.

08:19It is a DNA virus.

08:22It is a DNA virus.

08:24It is a DNA virus.

08:26It is a DNA virus.

08:28It is a DNA virus.

08:30It is a DNA virus.

08:32It is a DNA virus.

08:34It is a DNA virus.

08:36It is a DNA virus.

08:38It is a DNA virus.

08:40It is a DNA virus.

08:42It is a DNA virus.

08:44It is a DNA virus.

08:46It is a DNA virus.

08:48It is a DNA virus.

Rising Monkeypox Cases in Pakistan | How is it Spread? | Dr Javed Akram's Shocking Analysis

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