The escalating violence in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has affected testing for the infectious mpox virus disease, which has afflicted thousands in the country and the wider region.
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The country is one of 12 considered to still have"active cases" of the disease; and is amongst three countries on the continent harboring more than 90 percent of total mpox infections. Uganda and Burundi are the other two most infected countries. Boum said the Africa health watchdog was"notified" of more than 500 cases of the disease in Uganda in the fourth week of reporting in 2025, out of which a little over 300 were confirmed.
There has been more than 13,000 suspected cases from"week 1 to week 4" of the 2025 reporting period, the center said. Out of this number, more than 3000 have been confirmed in 12 countries with 107 deaths. Nine countries have"controlled cases", five of which no longer have cases - including Mauritius, South Africa, Morocco and Gabon.
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