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A gold mining town in Congo has become an mpox hot spot
A gold mining town in Congo has become an mpox hot spot as a new strain spreads
Congo's South Kivu province is at the epicenter of the world’s latest mpox outbreak, in what the World Health Organization has called a global health emergency
As New MPox Strain Spreads, Bustling Gold-Mining Town In Congo Emerges As Hotspot: Report
A gold-mining town in eastern Congo has emerged as a hotspot for mpox as a new strain spreads, the Associated Press (AP) has reported. Kamituga is part of the South Kivu province, where more than 6,000 people are suspected to have contracted the virus.
Congo gold mining town becomes mpox hot spot as a new strain spreads
Health officials have zeroed in on Kamituga, a remote yet bustling gold mining town of some 300,000 people that attracts miners, sex workers and traders who are constantly on the move. Cases from other parts of eastern Congo can be traced back here, officials say, with the first originating in the nightclub scene.
A gold mining town in Congo has become an mpox hot spot as a new strain spreads, AP explains
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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.
Rwanda, Mpox
DR Congo mpox vaccination campagin to begin October 2
The vaccination campaign against mpox in the Democratic Republic of Congo is to begin on October 2, the public health institute said Thursday, as the country registered more than 24,000 cases of the virus.
First doses of mpox vaccine from the United States arrive in Congo
Last week, the first batch of mpox vaccines arrived in the capital of Congo, the center of the outbreak. The 100,000 doses of the JYNNEOS vaccine, manufactured by the Danish company Bavarian Nordic, were donated by the EU through HERA, the bloc’s agency for health emergencies. Another 100,000 were delivered over the weekend.
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 under a bilateral agreement
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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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on MSN
Mpox vaccines arrive in Congo, but not fast enough as the disease spreads and deaths mount fast
Officials grappling with spiraling mpox cases in Congo have moved forward the launch of a first vaccination campaign, but ...
Philadelphia Tribune
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Skin-scarring training planned in Congo for 1970s-era mpox shot
African health-care workers fighting the rapid spread of a virulent mpox strain will learn how to effectively scratch under ...
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Mpox Vaccines Reach Congo—Millions More Are Needed
However, it will not be enough to stop the spread of mpox. The 380,000 promised doses are less than 15 percent of the 3 ...
Al Jazeera English
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DR Congo no longer expects to receive mpox vaccines this week
The Democratic Republic of the
Congo
(DRC) says it no longer expects to receive its first delivery of
mpox
vaccines this week as global health authorities say the spread of the disease can still ...
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Why is the Democratic Republic of the Congo struggling to contain mpox?
The most impacted country due to mpox is struggling to contain it. Here's a look at why that's the case. View on euronews ...
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