Sierra Leone declares mpox emergency
Sierra Leone's minister of information says his country is taking all necessary steps to deal with an outbreak of the mpox disease. This, after the country declared a public health emergency this week after confirming two mpox cases in the capital, Freetown. Sierra Leone is the latest country in West Africa to report the disease after neighboring Liberia, Cote d’Ivoire, and Guinea. Information Minister Chernor Bah, tells VOA's James Butty, Sierra Leone is prepared from its experience with Ebola
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