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Health authorities have confirmed a case of mpox in a city in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo that was previously the centre of the Ebola outbreak. The finding raises concern about overlapping disease outbreaks in a region with fragile health infrastructure. Officials are expected to step up surveillance and contact tracing to contain further spread of the virus.

Health authorities have confirmed a case of mpox in a northeastern city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a city that was also the centre of a recent Ebola outbreak. The confirmation has raised concern among health officials already contending with overlapping infectious disease threats in the region, and observers are watching for signs of wider spread.

A case of mpox has been confirmed in Bunia, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, raising concern because the city is already at the centre of an Ebola outbreak. Health authorities now face the challenge of responding to two dangerous diseases at once in the same area, stretching testing, treatment and contact-tracing capacity in a region with fragile medical infrastructure.