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Uganda confirms mpox case in prison

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A clinician administers the mpox vaccine to a member of the National Institute of Public Health. [Aubin Mukoni, AFP]

Uganda on Wednesday confirmed a prison inmate has contracted mpox in a central area that is the epicentre of the outbreak in the East African country.

"We recorded one confirmed case of mpox in one of our prisons and the patient has been isolated and containment measures have been put in place," Uganda Prisons spokesman Frank Baine told AFP.

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