chairperson of the minis terial advisory committee (mac) on covid19 and executive member of nhls, professor koleka mlisana, said monkeypox is a disease that is endemic in central and northern africa which has been known to be mild.

mudzulatshidulo wa komiti ya minisṱa ya vhutsi vhudzi (mac) ya dwadze ḽa covid19 na u vha muraḓo muhulwane wa nhls, phrofesa vho koleka mlisana, vha ri vhulwadze ha monkeypox ndi vhulwadze hapo vhu anzelaho u tshoṱela mashango a wanalaho vhukati na nṱha ha dzhango ḽa afrika.
