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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.
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,
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 becomes an mpox hot spot as new strain spreads
Slumped on the ground over a mound of dirt, Divine Wisoba pulled weeds from her daughter’s grave. The 1-month-old died from mpox in eastern Congo in August, but Wisoba, 21, was too traumatized to attend the funeral.
Mpox outbreak: Gold mining town in Congo becomes Mpox hot spot as 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,
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.
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