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Sorensen said he is confident the company can meet global demand even though it only has one production facility. Illustration photo: 123RF

Self-isolation is an important measure for protecting others from monkeypox, says Dr. Susan Hopkins, chief medical advisor at the UKHSA. Photo: Sinar Harian

Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar - Photo: BERNAMA

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Health minister Khairy Jamaluddin says laboratory test on three suspected cases shows two of them were chickenpox while the other was hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD).

Khairy Jamaluddin during a virtual press conference conducted via Zoom.

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Monkeypox is a rare but potentially serious viral illness that typically begins with flu-like illness and swelling of the lymph nodes and progresses to a widespread rash on the face and body, according to the CDC.

A child infected with monkeypox is treated at the Doctors Without Borders centre in Zomea Kaka, in the Lobaya region, in the Central African Republic, on Oct 18, 2018. - Photo: AFP

A woman and her child, both infected with monkeypox await treatment at the quarantine of the centre of the International medical NGO Doctors Without Borders (Medecins sans frontieres - MSF), in Zomea Kaka, in the Lobaya region, in the Central African Republic on October 18, 2018.(Photo by CHARLES BOUESSEL / AFP)