The number of confirmed Mpox cases in Uganda is now 41, doubling from 22 just two weeks ago. The Ministry of Health (MOH) revealed on Wednesday that the majority of these cases have been recorded in the districts of Nakasongola, Kampala, and Wakiso.

According to Atek Kagirita, the Deputy Mpox Incident Commander in the Ministry, a total of ten districts have so far recorded cases of the viral disease but Nakasongola has carried over 40% ofthis burden. While Uganda’s first cases were imported from the neighboring DR Congo into the Kasese district, Kagirita says they are seeing high numbers from the fishing communities and worse they are seeing ladies present with serious genital attacks with many developing big lesions that take a long to clear.

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