July 24, 2024 1:27 PM

Children at risk as mpox variant hits Congo displacement camps

Children at risk as mpox variant hits Congo displacement camps Scars from the mpox pustules are still visible on 7-year old Grace Kabuo’s face, as well as on a handful of her playmates at a camp for displaced people near Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Grace has otherwise recovered from the virus. Her mother Denise Kahindo says she is still unsure how her daughter was infected earlier this month. “I just helplessly noticed the symptoms on her body,” she said. For disease exp...