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Mpox patients fleeing Goma hospitals in DRC violence

Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) soldiers get into a vehicle in Bukavu on February 14, 2025.[AFP]

Dozens of mpox patients being treated in hospital isolation units in Goma have fled for their lives as violence engulfs the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the WHO said Friday.

Meanwhile the UN refugee agency warned that hundreds of thousands of civilians were fleeing to areas beyond the reach of humanitarian aid, after shelters for displaced people were destroyed.

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