Regional AlertMinistry says Mpox on the rise as 11th case detected in Cambodia February 18, 2024By MBDS Team14 Feb 2024. The Ministry of Health announced that another case of monkeypox was detected in a patient. According to a Health Ministry’s press release issued, this is the eleventh case of monkeypox, also known as Mpox, detected in Cambodia. The male patient who lives in Phnom Penh’s Chamkar Mon district is receiving treatment at a hospital. He tested positive by the National Institute of Public Health.