Africa-Press – Mozambique. With the first caof mpox now reported in the region, the governor of Cabo Delgado province, northern Mozambique, has called for the revival of Covid-19 hygiene protocols to curb the disease.se
Governor Valige Tauabo was speaking during the 15th regular session of the Provincial Executive Council in the city of Pemba. “We must awaken our population so they can revive the protocols used when we were fighting COVID-19,” Tauabo declared, emphasizing the need for the population to adopt measures recommended by health professionals, with special emphasis on individual and collective hygiene.
According to the most recent daily data update bulletin, Mozambique has recorded a total of 74 cases of mpox, diagnosed between July 11th and September 3rd. Of this total, 38 patients have already recovered, with 36 active cases remaining and no deaths so far recorded.
With the confirmation of the case in Cabo Delgado last Wednesday, the number of Mozambican provinces affected by the outbreak rises to four. Niassa province remains the epicentre of the disease, with 66 positive cases. Next in line is Maputo province, with four infected cases, and Manica, with three confirmed cases.
Meanwhile, the Mozambican government announced that it expects to receive a batch of mpox vaccines this month. National health authorities have also strengthened epidemiological surveillance, particularly at the borders, by deploying screening and testing teams.
Mozambique currently has the capacity to conduct 4,000 specific diagnostic tests for the mpox virus, which are processed locally in public health laboratories in all provincial capitals. Since the beginning of the outbreak, more than 800 tests have been used.
The first case of mpox in Mozambique was detected in October 2022, in the city of Maputo. The disease, a viral zoonosis, was first identified in humans in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In the current outbreak in Southern Africa, which began on January 1st, 77,458 cases have been reported in 22 countries, with 501 associated deaths.
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