--- title: "Infant boy tests positive for mpox in Karachi as Sindh tally rises to 94" description: "Most outlets led with the news that a 40-day-old infant boy in Karachi tested positive for mpox, marking the first such case in the city this year. They also noted the overall rise in cases in Sindh, with the total reaching 94. Dawn provided additional context by mentioning that sources reported details about the infant, while ProPakistani focused primarily on the infant’s case without elaborating further." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/14434-40-day-old-baby-tests-positive-for-mpox-in-karachi site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Infant boy tests positive for mpox in Karachi as Sindh tally rises to 94 pakistan · updated 15 Oct 2026, 4:04 PM PKT · 15 Oct 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets led with the news that a 40-day-old infant boy in Karachi tested positive for mpox, marking the first such case in the city this year. They also noted the overall rise in cases in Sindh, with the total reaching 94. Dawn provided additional context by mentioning that sources reported details about the infant, while ProPakistani focused primarily on the infant’s case without elaborating further. ## Same story from 2 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **ProPakistani** — [40-Day-Old Baby Tests Positive for Mpox in Karachi](https://propakistani.pk/2026/10/15/40-day-old-baby-tests-positive-for-mpox-in-karachi/) · 15 Oct 2026, 4:04 PM PKT > Karachi has reported its first mpox case involving an infant boy this year after a 40-day-old baby tested positive for… Read More - **Dawn** — [Infant boy tests positive for mpox in Sindh as tally rises to 94](https://www.dawn.com/news/2037198/infant-boy-tests-positive-for-mpox-in-sindh-as-tally-rises-to-94) · 15 Oct 2026, 9:30 AM PKT · 86% identical wording to the newest filing > KARACHI: The city reported its first mpox case involving an infant boy on Wednesday evening as the total number of people affected by the disease in Sindh this year rose to 94. Sources said the 40-day-old baby boy was currently under treatment at the Sindh Infectious Diseases Hospital & Research Centre (SIDH&RC). The parents are residents of Landhi. Speaking to Dawn on condition of anonymity, a... ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology). - [Newborn contracts mpox after circumcision in Karachi hospital](https://harzaviya.com/stories/15504-newborn-tests-positive-for-mpox-after-circumcision) · 22 Oct 2026 · 5 outlets · 2 developments · 84% related - [Mpox cases increase in Sindh with new infections reported](https://harzaviya.com/stories/6452-mpox-case-count-rises-to-41-in-sindh) · 4 Sep 2026 · 3 outlets · 2 developments · 83% related - [Mpox death toll in Sindh reaches 12 in 2027](https://harzaviya.com/stories/16288-mpox-claims-newborn-s-life-in-sindh-taking-2027-toll-to-12) · 24 Oct 2026 · 2 outlets · 81% related - [Mpox Cases in Sindh Rise to 93](https://harzaviya.com/stories/12778-another-mpox-case-takes-sindh-tally-to-93) · 7 Oct 2026 · 4 outlets · 2 developments · 78% related - [Karachi reports two new mpox cases, raising 2026 tally to 15](https://harzaviya.com/stories/8339-karachi-reports-two-mpox-cases-this-week-taking-2026-tally) · 14 Sep 2026 · 2 outlets · 75% related 2 articles from 2 outlets, 15 Oct 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.