The hands of a patient with a skin rash caused by the mpox virus are pictured at the treatment centre of Vijana Hospital in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo on August 30, 2024. DRC is the epicentre of the new outbreak.
Zimbabwe has confirmed its first two cases of mpox, the government said on Sunday, without specifying the variant.
The first case was detected in an 11-year-old boy, in the southern town of Mberengwa, who showed symptoms last month after returning from neighbouring South Africa.
