Health partners of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) stated that the cholera outbreak in the North Kivu province worsened in the first 15 days of February when 420 cases and one death were recorded in Goma and its surroundings.

The figure accounts for over a third of nearly 1,300 cases reported in the province since January, they said.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Public Health, Hygiene, and Social Security in this nation reported last week that 17 Mpox patients, including 10 confirmed positive cases and seven awaiting results who were hospitalized at the Miti-Murhesa health zone, fled due to the fighting.

The DRC has so far reported 79,519 suspected Mpox cases, including 14,976 confirmed cases and 1,507 deaths.

An estimated 78,393 people have been vaccinated with the first Mpox vaccine dose across the country.

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