Emergency health response team at Nimule border to screen MPox disease - Radio Tamazuj

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Emergency health response team at Nimule border to screen MPox disease - Radio Tamazuj

An emergency response team from the national health ministry in Juba on Tuesday arrived at the border town Nimule in Eastern Equatoria State to screen travelers entering South Sudan from Uganda for Mpox. The team from Juba is expected to collaborate with the response team from Eastern Equatoria State. Mpox (previously called Monkeypox) is a viral zoonotic disease (a virus transmitted to humans from animals) that occurs primarily in tropical rain…