Congo-Kinshasa: Five Questions About the Mpox Outbreak in DRC

[MSF] In Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the number of mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) cases have been on the rise for more than two years. However, the situation has worsened in recent months, with a surge in the number of people affected, a mutation leading to human-to-human transmission of the virus, and the notification of suspected cases in sites for displaced people in North Kivu province. What is the situation in the country, and what are Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams doing to



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