{"id":210868,"date":"2024-08-19T04:04:04","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T04:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/08\/19\/new-mpox-cases-detected-as-health-ministry-calls-for-cooperation\/"},"modified":"2024-08-19T04:04:04","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T04:04:04","slug":"new-mpox-cases-detected-as-health-ministry-calls-for-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/08\/19\/new-mpox-cases-detected-as-health-ministry-calls-for-cooperation\/","title":{"rendered":"New Mpox Cases Detected as Health Ministry Calls for Cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-318538\" alt=\"\" width=\"929\" height=\"589\"  data-lazy- src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/PS-MUTHONI.jpg\"\/><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-318538\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/PS-MUTHONI.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"929\" height=\"589\"  \/>The Ministry of Health has issued a warning to the public against sharing photos of suspected Monkeypox (Mpox) cases.<\/p>\n<p>Public Health Principal Secretary Mary Muthoni explained that this precaution is crucial to prevent the spread of misinformation about the disease and to safeguard patient privacy.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe Ministry urges everyone to avoid sharing photos of suspected cases to prevent misinformation and to respect patient privacy,\u201d<\/em> Muthoni said.<\/p>\n<p>She emphasized the need for public cooperation as the Ministry implements health measures to monitor Mpox across the country. The Ministry is actively conducting contact tracing, screening, and enhanced surveillance at all entry points to curb the disease\u2019s spread.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe Ministry informs the public that, during this period of intensified Mpox public health measures, we urge travelers to cooperate and adapt to the current arrangements. These measures are designed to protect you and others from this disease,\u201d<\/em> Muthoni urged.<\/p>\n<p>Since the first Mpox outbreak was reported in Taita Taveta on July 31, 2024, officials have screened 302,436 individuals. Although no new suspected cases emerged among visitors, the Ministry reported five new suspected cases within the country during the same period.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cOver this time, we have detected five new suspected Mpox cases, bringing the total to twenty-nine suspected cases,\u201d<\/em> the Health Ministry stated.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cOf these, twenty-three have tested negative for Mpox, while six cases are still awaiting confirmation from the reference laboratory.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>One case being closely monitored was reported from Vineyard Hospital in Kiambu County, where the patient was isolated and receiving treatment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Health has issued a warning to the public against sharing photos of suspected Monkeypox (Mpox) cases. Public Health Principal Secretary Mary Muthoni explained that this precaution is crucial to prevent the spread of misinformation about the disease and to safeguard patient privacy. \u201cThe Ministry urges everyone to avoid sharing photos of suspected [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":210869,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-210868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-kenya-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New Mpox Cases Detected as Health Ministry Calls for Cooperation - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/08\/19\/new-mpox-cases-detected-as-health-ministry-calls-for-cooperation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Mpox Cases Detected as Health Ministry Calls for Cooperation - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Ministry of Health has issued a warning to the public against sharing photos of suspected Monkeypox (Mpox) cases. Public Health Principal Secretary Mary Muthoni explained that this precaution is crucial to prevent the spread of misinformation about the disease and to safeguard patient privacy. \u201cThe Ministry urges everyone to avoid sharing photos of suspected [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/08\/19\/new-mpox-cases-detected-as-health-ministry-calls-for-cooperation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-08-19T04:04:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/PS-MUTHONI.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"929\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"589\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/19\\\/new-mpox-cases-detected-as-health-ministry-calls-for-cooperation\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/19\\\/new-mpox-cases-detected-as-health-ministry-calls-for-cooperation\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"headline\":\"New Mpox Cases Detected as Health Ministry Calls for Cooperation\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-08-19T04:04:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/19\\\/new-mpox-cases-detected-as-health-ministry-calls-for-cooperation\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":256,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/19\\\/new-mpox-cases-detected-as-health-ministry-calls-for-cooperation\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/PS-MUTHONI.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Kenya News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/19\\\/new-mpox-cases-detected-as-health-ministry-calls-for-cooperation\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/19\\\/new-mpox-cases-detected-as-health-ministry-calls-for-cooperation\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/19\\\/new-mpox-cases-detected-as-health-ministry-calls-for-cooperation\\\/\",\"name\":\"New Mpox Cases Detected as Health Ministry Calls for Cooperation - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/19\\\/new-mpox-cases-detected-as-health-ministry-calls-for-cooperation\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/19\\\/new-mpox-cases-detected-as-health-ministry-calls-for-cooperation\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/PS-MUTHONI.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-08-19T04:04:04+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/19\\\/new-mpox-cases-detected-as-health-ministry-calls-for-cooperation\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/19\\\/new-mpox-cases-detected-as-health-ministry-calls-for-cooperation\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/19\\\/new-mpox-cases-detected-as-health-ministry-calls-for-cooperation\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/PS-MUTHONI.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/PS-MUTHONI.jpg\",\"width\":929,\"height\":589},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/19\\\/new-mpox-cases-detected-as-health-ministry-calls-for-cooperation\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"New Mpox Cases Detected as Health Ministry Calls for Cooperation\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\",\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ghana News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/author\\\/ghanamma\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"New Mpox Cases Detected as Health Ministry Calls for Cooperation - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/08\/19\/new-mpox-cases-detected-as-health-ministry-calls-for-cooperation\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"New Mpox Cases Detected as Health Ministry Calls for Cooperation - Ghanamma.com","og_description":"The Ministry of Health has issued a warning to the public against sharing photos of suspected Monkeypox (Mpox) cases. Public Health Principal Secretary Mary Muthoni explained that this precaution is crucial to prevent the spread of misinformation about the disease and to safeguard patient privacy. \u201cThe Ministry urges everyone to avoid sharing photos of suspected [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/08\/19\/new-mpox-cases-detected-as-health-ministry-calls-for-cooperation\/","og_site_name":"Ghanamma.com","article_published_time":"2024-08-19T04:04:04+00:00","og_image":[{"width":929,"height":589,"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/PS-MUTHONI.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ghana News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ghana News","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/08\/19\/new-mpox-cases-detected-as-health-ministry-calls-for-cooperation\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/08\/19\/new-mpox-cases-detected-as-health-ministry-calls-for-cooperation\/"},"author":{"name":"Ghana News","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"headline":"New Mpox Cases Detected as Health Ministry Calls for Cooperation","datePublished":"2024-08-19T04:04:04+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/08\/19\/new-mpox-cases-detected-as-health-ministry-calls-for-cooperation\/"},"wordCount":256,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/08\/19\/new-mpox-cases-detected-as-health-ministry-calls-for-cooperation\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/PS-MUTHONI.jpg","articleSection":["Kenya News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/08\/19\/new-mpox-cases-detected-as-health-ministry-calls-for-cooperation\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/08\/19\/new-mpox-cases-detected-as-health-ministry-calls-for-cooperation\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/08\/19\/new-mpox-cases-detected-as-health-ministry-calls-for-cooperation\/","name":"New Mpox Cases Detected as Health Ministry Calls for Cooperation - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/08\/19\/new-mpox-cases-detected-as-health-ministry-calls-for-cooperation\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/08\/19\/new-mpox-cases-detected-as-health-ministry-calls-for-cooperation\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/PS-MUTHONI.jpg","datePublished":"2024-08-19T04:04:04+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/08\/19\/new-mpox-cases-detected-as-health-ministry-calls-for-cooperation\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/08\/19\/new-mpox-cases-detected-as-health-ministry-calls-for-cooperation\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/08\/19\/new-mpox-cases-detected-as-health-ministry-calls-for-cooperation\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/PS-MUTHONI.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/PS-MUTHONI.jpg","width":929,"height":589},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/08\/19\/new-mpox-cases-detected-as-health-ministry-calls-for-cooperation\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"New Mpox Cases Detected as Health Ministry Calls for Cooperation"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5","name":"Ghana News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ghana News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/author\/ghanamma\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}