Health experts in the country have called on government to be alert and act accordingly against monkey pox.<\/p>\n
This follows a statement by the World Health Organisation (WHO) urging countries in the world to start working against the disease.<\/p>\n
Malawi health experts say the Ministry of Health should put in modalities that will help in prevention of the infection just it did with the Covid-19 pandemic since 75 countries have so far been affected by monkey pox and over 16,000 people have tested positive in those countries.<\/p>\n
Professor Adamson Muula says the warning by WHO should be taken seriously.<\/p>\n
“Countries should take heed of WHO’s warning before the situation gets out of hand. Measures should be put in place to deal with the disease,” Muula told the local media.<\/p>\n
Commenting on the matter, health expert Maziko Matemba said Malawi should do all it can to prevent the spread of the disease.<\/p>\n
“A lot should be done to prevent the spread of the disease to avoid the scenario we had with Covid-19,” he said.<\/p>\n
Spokesperson for the Ministry of Health, Adrian Chikumbe, said government is doing its part on the matter.<\/p>\n
“We are sourcing all necessary resources to get testing kits for monkey pox. In fact the testing kits are the same as those we use when testing Covid-19,” he explained.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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