Children 5 -19 years now account for 33% of mpox cases in Burundi - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader.

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Children 5 -19 years now account for 33% of mpox cases in Burundi - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader.
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UNICEF is now scaling up efforts to address mpox as children head back to school.

The United Nations Children’s Fund has expressed concern, saying that school children between the ages of five and 19 years old now account for 33% of

The agency says that this development presents a new challenge as families prepare for the new school year. The agency said that it is now scaling up efforts to address mpox as children head back to school across the country. Burundi Country Representative for UNICEF, France Bégin says, “The cases are increasing rapidly, but what is worrying is that those cases are predominantly made of children. For example, the under five children are more vulnerable represent about 30% of those people affected and school children, the children five to 19 years old are a third of them, and the third of the cases are children.

 

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