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First infant battling mpox dies in Karachi hospital

KARACHI: An infant boy battling mpox for more than a week at a hospital died early on Saturday morning — the first mortality of a baby from the contagious viral infection in Karachi. Sources told Dawn that the 52-day-old baby boy had reportedly contracted the infection during circumcision performed at an “illegal” hospital located in Malir. He remained under treatment at the Sindh Infectious Diseases Hospital & Research Centre (SIDH&RC) for at least 10 days. Speaking on the condition of anonymit