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Botswana declares health emergency

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President Duma Boko has declared a public health emergency in a national address this morning.

The President further declared that the state-run Central Medical stores (CMS) has failed.

“This failure has led to a severe disruption to health supplies countrywide. Second, your government has taken command of the situation and is addressing the failures and shortcomings systematically to ensure that the situation is addressed both in the short and the long term,” Boko stated.

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Botswana declares health emergency

President Duma Boko has declared a public health emergency in a national address this morning.