2024-08-23 11:40:54
Photo of a test tube labeled “Mpox virus positive”, taken on August 20, 2024.
According to the press release, a case of MPOX was discovered in a 30-year-old man, “Living in Gabon, spent the past two weeks in Uganda, a country affected by the epidemic”. “The patient is in good overall condition” wait “Isolated and cared for”press release continues.
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Gabon Ministry of Health “Provisions designed to enhance preparedness and prevent the importation of MPOX into Gabon”and “Maximum Alert” epidemiological surveillance systems and“Acquiring the capability to perform diagnostics at the national level”according to the same source.
Mpox is a viral disease that can be spread from animals to humans, but can also be spread through close physical contact. The disease causes fever, muscle pain and skin lesions.
The resurgence of the MPOX virus in Africa has severely hit not only the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but also Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda, prompting the World Health Organization (WHO) to activate the highest-level international alert in mid-August. “Public health emergency of international concern”.
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