Kathmandu — Monkeypox (MPox) has been confirmed in another Nepali who returned from Saudi Arabia. A PCR test conducted at the National Public Health Laboratory on Sunday confirmed MPox in a 44-year-old man.

After MPox was confirmed, the man was kept in isolation at the Shahid Shukraraj Tropical and Infectious Diseases Hospital and treatment was started. Earlier, MPox was found in a person who returned from Saudi Arabia. His health condition, which is being treated in Teku, has improved.

The hospital has said that preparations are underway to discharge him in a few days. This is the third time MPox has been found in Nepal.