Uganda on high alert as  mpox kills 35 in Congo  

Absence of vaccines,  shortage of testing kits, among other gaps,  threaten to hamstrung Uganda’s  preparations to counter the mpox outbreak, even as  the Ministry of Health  yesterday moved to allay fears of a possible flare up  as the disease ravages the neighbouring DR Congo. 
Dr Daniel Kyabayinze, the director of public health at the Ministry of Health, yesterday said the country started preparations to respond to a possible outbreak  two years ago when  the  outbreak was declared in the DR Congo. 
The East African newspaper reported on Wednesday that the disease had been…