Uganda Says Mpox Case Count Rises To 10

Reuters (9/14, Biryabarema) reported a Ugandan health official on Saturday said the number of mpox infections in the country has risen to 10, with all patients carrying the more transmissible clade 1b strain of the virus. Clinicians already have treated and discharged six of the 10 patients. Reuters added, “The World Health Organization declared the recent outbreak of the disease a public health emergency in mid-August after the new variant was identified.”