Fear grips east DR Congo as displaced await mpox vaccine

By Agence France-Presse

Aug 18, 2024 1:06 pm

GOMA, DR Congo — An ever-growing number of patients have been flocking to a Goma hospital in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where a rapidly-spreading epidemic of mpox has erupted in recent months.

Five to 20 people are walking each day into Nyiragongo General Referral Hospital in North Kivu to consult overburdened medical teams at an outdoor isolation center, fearing they are ill with the virus.

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