Mpox is a viral infection that spreads though close contact.
The scars from the mpox pustules are still visible on 7-year-old Grace Kabuo’s face, as well as on the faces of a handful of other children she lives near and plays with in a camp for displaced people near Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
There have been 35 confirmed cases of mpox in Goma since July 10, mainly among adults living in the displacement camps. The cases were caused by a new variant of mpox that was first seen in a neighbouring province, which seems to be better at transmitting between people than previous strains. “Fifty percent are even less than five years- old,” said Dr Pierre-Olibier Ngadjole, a medical advisor for Medair, a charity helping with treating and transporting patients to the centre.
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