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Sierra Leone is Facing an Increase in Record MPOX infections, with 177 New Cases Reported in recent days, the Health Ministry Official Told AFP.
The West African Country, Which in January Declared A Public Health Emergency to Combat MPOX, Has Sent Health Teams to Carry Out Screening Operations in Households of People Suscted to Be Infected with the Virus.
Amanda Clemens, Social Mobilization Coordinator for the Health Ministry, Said Saturday That Health Workers Had Recorded A Total of 177 Cases Over the Friday-SaurDay Period.
Sierra Leone has recorded 763 Cases of MPOX Since Januarary with Six Deaths and 282 RECOVERIES, ACCORDING TO Data from the National Public Health Agency Published Saturday.
Freetown, The Capital, has the Highest Number of Detected MPOX Cases Since the Health Emergency Was Declared. A AS A Result, The Government Has Opened Four Treatment Centers in the Capital Since February.
“Misinformation and fear surrounding mpox continues to prevent peaple from seeking medical assistance and Some Individuals Were not tested early enough and may have unkrowingly spread the disease before their diagnosis,” Said Saluu Lansana, part of the health ministry’s vaccination team.
Country Started VACCINATING Frontline Health Care Workers and High-Risk Individuals and Children from AGE 12 In Early April, After Security 61,300 Doses From the World Health Organization (WHO) and Development Partners.
“Over 1,000 People have Been Vaccinated with the Majority Being Health Workers and Many of Whom Are Women,” Said Desmond Mada Kangbai, Who Leads The Health Ministry’s Vaccination Program.
MPOX IS CAUSED BY A VIRUS FROM THE SAME FAMILY AS SMALLPOX, Manifesting in A High Fever and Skin Lesions, Called Vesicles.
First Identified in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1970, The Disease Had Generally Been Confined to a Dozen African Countries.
But in 2022, it began to Spread More Widely, Reaching Developed Countries Where the Virus Had Never Previously Circulated.
The Who Declared its Highest Level of Alert In 2024.
The decade ago, Sierra Leone was one of the country work affected by an ebola Epidemic Which Between 2014 and 2016 Killed About 4,000 People, Including Nearly 7% of Health Workers.
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