Egypt is free from monkeypox, the Health Ministry said Sunday.

The bodies concerned closely follow up the global epidemiological situation of monkeypox virus and other epidemic diseases, it added in a statement.

So far, no monkeypox cases have been detected in Egypt, the ministry said.

The virus does not spread through long-range airborne transmission. It is transmitted by contact with infected cases for a long period, it added.

 MENA