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Sep
Niël Terblanché The Ministry of Health and Social Services has confirmed that Namibia remains free of laboratory-confirmed mpox cases. This announcement released by Ben Nangombe, the executive director of the health ministry on Friday, comes after thorough testing of 18 suspected cases, all of which returned negative results. According to Nangombe, the ministry has been closely monitoring the mpox situation in the southern African region and across Africa. “The 18 suspected cases, which presented symptoms suggestive of mpox, were promptly tested. While the results for 15 of these cases were received earlier, the ministry has now received the results for…