Mpox cases have hit 24 in Nakasongola, up from 18 reported on October 3, prompting the district authorities to ban prison visits.
The district accounts for nearly half of the country’s Mpox case load since the disease was confirmed on July 24.
“The mode of spread is largely by contact,” Nakasongola District Health Officer Dr Agaba Byamukama told Monitor on October 9.
As part of the case management, government and partners have since set up two isolation and treatment centres at Lwampanga Health Centre III and Nakasongola Health Centre IV respectively.
“I believe the disease spread will soon be put to control by the emergency response teams on ground now,” Dr Byamukama noted.
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