DRC faces setback in fight against mpox amid ongoing fighting in east

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DRC faces setback in fight against mpox amid ongoing fighting in east  The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said the country saw a 31 per cent increase in cases last week.  READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/03/12/drc-faces-setback-in-fight-against-mpox-amid-ongoing-fighting-in-east  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:00Six weeks after Rwanda-backed rebels captured two major cities in the Eastern Democratic

00:06Republic of Congo, the region is facing a setback in its fight against the Mpox outbreak.

00:11The country has the highest burden of the virus, with the epicenter in the east.

00:16The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that as fighting with the

00:20M23 escalates, more than 600 Mpox patients fled different hospitals.

00:26This means as the country saw a 31% increase in cases last week, bringing the total to

00:32close to 16,500.

00:35Many patients can't be found.

00:37Recently arrived vaccines are running short as supplies can't reach combat zones and hospitals

00:42have been under attack.

00:45The authorities have reportedly started negotiations for a suspension of hostilities to allow for

00:50a humanitarian corridor to bring essential medical supplies into the conflict zone.

00:57Last month the World Health Organization warned that the clade 1b strain of the virus is continuing

01:02to spread globally.

01:05Mpox can be passed on by close contact with anyone with the infection.

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