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Published on 2025-10-19 14:18:48
The Ministry of Health and Social Services has declared an mpox outbreak in Namibia after confirming the country’s first case in Swakopmund on Friday.
The announcement was made in a media statement on Sunday by the ministry’s spokesperson, Walters Kamaya.
Mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) is a zoonotic disease caused by an orthopox virus. It was first discovered in monkeys in 1958 and in humans in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Mpox is mainly transmitted from…
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