Mpox
Maputo, 16 Jul (AIM) – The Mozambican government has said it is attentive to the spread of the disease M-pox (formerly known as monkey pox), in the northern province of Niassa.
Speaking to reporters in Maputo on Tuesday, the government spokesperson, the Minister for Stat Administration, Inocencio Impissa, said that the number of known Mozambican cases remains just three, and they are under quarantine. The cases were detected on 8 July in the Niassa administrative posts of Metangula and Cobue, in Lago district.
All three had recently been in Malawi, and Impissa believed that was where they had been infected. Malawi has reported more than 40 cases of the disease.
A team from the Health Ministry is monitoring the condition of the three cases, who are said to be “clinically stable”, and identifying their contacts, who are also being isolated.
A further 11 suspect cases have been identified in Niassa, bringing the number of known and suspect cases under quarantine to 14.
Impissa said the health authorities have the situation under control and have taken measures to ensure that the disease does not spread beyond Lago district.
M-pox is a viral disease transmitted by animals to human beings, identified for the first time in 1970, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The current outbreak in Africa has so far affected 22 countries. Over 77,000 cases have been notified, 501 of whom have died.
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