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Zimbabwe is the latest country to report cases of mpox, the first in its history. Two people, an 11-year-old boy and a 24-year-old man, are known to have been infected, both with recent travel history to other countries. The variant of the virus has not been specified. South Africa’s SABC news broadcast an announcement from Zimbabwe Health Minister Douglas Mombeshora regarding the two cases. Mombeshora said the patients reside in Harare, the capital city, and Mberengwa, respectively, and that both are currently receiving medical care at home.
The 11-year-old is reported to have traveled to South Africa, where the National Institute for Communicable Diseases calculates that there have been 25 cases of mpox this year as of October 9, in the provinces of Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, and Western Cape.