Two years after the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the Mpox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), Kenya confirmed the first case.
The Ministry of Health has stated that to avoid contracting the disease, you should avoid close contact with people who have been confirmed to have Mpox or who have signs and symptoms of Mpox.
The signs and symptoms include skin rash, fever, sore throat, headache, body ache, back pain, low energy and swollen lymph nodes.
The close contact one should avoid is face-to-face, skin-to-skin, mouth-to-skin and mouth-to-mouth.
You should also avoid touching or sharing personal items like bedding, eating utensils, phones or other belongings with a sick person.
