{"id":288800,"date":"2025-01-11T17:42:05","date_gmt":"2025-01-11T09:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=288800"},"modified":"2025-01-11T17:42:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-11T09:42:05","slug":"sierra-leone-confirms-first-mpox-case-after-global-health-alert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=288800","title":{"rendered":"Sierra Leone confirms first Mpox case after global health alert"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>FREETOWN, Jan 11 (NNN-XINHUA) &#8212; Sierra Leone has recorded its first case of Mpox since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared it a public health emergency of international concern in August last year, the country&#8217;s health authorities announced late Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a statement by Sierra Leone&#8217;s National Public Health Agency (NPHA), the infected individual is a 27-year-old man from the Western Area Rural District.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Swift actions are being taken by health teams to conduct thorough contact tracing and investigations to identify potential exposures and prevent further transmission of the virus, the statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Health authorities have activated the incident command system to effectively manage and contain the outbreak. Measures include isolating the patient and providing necessary medical care in a secure environment, conducting extensive contact tracing, and monitoring identified contacts for 21 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, the statement said that Sierra Leone is partnering with international organizations, including the WHO, for technical and logistical support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The NPHA urged the public to remain calm, stay vigilant and adhere to established health guidelines, emphasizing that collective efforts are crucial to controlling the outbreak and safeguarding the nation&#8217;s well-being.\u00a0&#8212; NNN-XINHUA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FREETOWN, Jan 11 (NNN-XINHUA) &#8212; Sierra Leone has recorded its first case of Mpox since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared it a public health emergency of international concern in August last year, the country&#8217;s health authorities announced late Friday. According to a statement by Sierra Leone&#8217;s National Public Health Agency (NPHA), the infected individual [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[213],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288800"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=288800"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":288801,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288800\/revisions\/288801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=288800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=288800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=288800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}