Mpox case confirmed in Bunia in Ituri

A laboratory-confirmed case of mpox has been reported in Bunia. The patient is a 21-year-old woman. Bunia is in Ituri Province. The country is the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The confirmation is laboratory confirmation. The illness named is mpox. The report places the case in the 2023 to 2026 mpox epidemic. The new detail is this confirmed patient and place.

The age given is 21. The patient is described as a woman. The city is Bunia. The province is Ituri.

No additional case count for Ituri was attached to this notice. The notice is a single confirmed case. It identifies the method of confirmation as a laboratory result. It identifies the location down to the city and province.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is the country already central to mpox reporting in this epidemic. This update adds Bunia and Ituri to the specific places named in the new case. It adds the age and the description of the patient. It does not name the patient.

The health fact is a confirmed mpox infection. The person described is a 21-year-old woman. The place is Bunia in Ituri. The recorded update is that laboratory-confirmed case.