Sunday, October 13, 2024

Update: Mpox Cases Have Now Appeared In Zimbabwe, As Well...


Add another local African nation to the list of Mpox outbreak geographies here in Fall 2024. Zimbabwe now joins Zambia, DRC, Ghana, Central African Republic, and Nigeria -- as nations inside Africa with more than one case.

And so, Zimbabwe faces a public health calamity -- with one case in Harare, the capital -- and one in the southern corner of the country, in Mberengwa. Here's that news, via Reuters:

. . .Zimbabwe has confirmed its first two cases of mpox, the health ministry said on Sunday, without specifying which variant had been recorded.

The first case was detected in an 11-year-old boy who developed symptoms last month after travelling to South Africa, the statement said. The second case was in a 24-year-old man who fell ill after travelling to Tanzania, it said.

Both patients are recovering and contact tracing is underway, the statement said. The cases were in capital Harare and the southern town of Mberengwa. . . .


Now you know. . . and it seems that a man with several fake passports and a few weapons was picked up this afternoon near a Tangerine rally (he's a registered Republican and a podcaster about corruption -- and his vehicle sports a homemade sovereign citizens movement-type plate). Whatever he was doing there. . . this is not the answer, folks. Out.

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