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Congo gold-mining town is mpox hot spot

Mpox outbreak: New strain fuels crisis in Congo, claiming over 720 lives amid ongoing conflict

World Health Organization (WHO) indicates that Congo has reported over 21,000 of the 25,093 confirmed and suspected Mpox cases in Africa for 2024. In the recent outbreaks, more than 720 people have died,

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A gold mining town in Congo has become an mpox hot spot as a new strain spreads

Mpox had been spreading mostly undetected for years in Africa, until a 2022 outbreak reached more than 70 countries.

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Mpox Outbreak: Gold Mining Town New Epicentre In Congo; India's Kerala Traces Infected Man's Recent Contacts

Health Minister of Indian state of Kerala, Veena George, said on Thursday that genome sequencing will be conducted to identify the variant of the virus that the person diagnosed with monkeypox (mpox) in the state has contracted.

The Mirror · 1d

Mpox outbreak horror as new strain tears through mining town

Miners, sex workers and traders pass through the remote town of Kamituga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which has been singled out as a major infection hotspot in the mpox outbreak

Rwanda begins vaccinations against mpox

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Mpox is not under control in Africa, warns Africa CDC

The mpox outbreak in Africa is still not under control, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) warned on Thursday, adding that cases were still increasing in several countries.

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Rwanda begins vaccinations against mpox amid a call for more doses for Africa

The African health agency says that Rwanda has started a vaccination campaign against mpox with 1,000 doses it obtained from Nigeria. Dr.

AFP on MSN · 18h

Mpox vaccines administered in Rwanda, first in Africa

Mpox vaccines have been administered in Africa for the first time, with several hundred high-risk individuals vaccinated in Rwanda, the African Union's disease control centre said Thursday.The first 300 doses were administered on Tuesday near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo,

EMA Broadens Imvanex Vaccine Use to Teens as Mpox Cases Rise

With more than 200 mpox-related deaths reported globally, the EMA has approved Imvanex for adolescents aged 12-17 years.

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Patients desperately wait for mpox vaccine at South Kivu Province clinic

Congo's South Kivu province is at the epicenter of the world’s latest mpox outbreak, in what the World Health Organization ...

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Posts Sharing Mpox Misinformation Recycle Claims from Prior Viral Outbreaks

Responding to rising mpox cases in Africa, the World Health Organization declared a public health emergency of international ...

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Omer: Will we let mpox spread, repeating devastating public health failures?

Saad B. Omer Mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) is back in the news. As of early September, the World Health Organization has ...

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Fourth suspected Mpox case reported at Karachi airport

Mpox: Sources indicate that the patient, a 26-year-old man from Abbottabad who arrived from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia was flagged ...

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Why is Congo struggling to contain mpox?

Health authorities have struggled to contain outbreaks of mpox in Congo, a huge central African country where a myriad of ...

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Q&A on the Second International Mpox Emergency

Case numbers for the global mpox outbreak have decreased since 2022, but the situation in Africa has noticeably worsened. On ...

Minister warns of Mpox threat, orders border security

Mchengerwa, has directed Regional Commissioners in border areas to strengthen border security to prevent the Mpox virus from ...

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