Oct 19 (Reuters) – Namibia’s ministry of health and social services on Sunday declared an outbreak of mpox in the city of Swakopmund.
“Surveillance, contact tracing, and response teams have been activated to contain the spread,” the ministry said in a post on Facebook.
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(This story has been corrected to show that the ministry’s post was on Facebook, not on X, in paragraph 2.)
Reporting by Angela Christy in Bengaluru; Editing by Sharon Singleton
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