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A new strain of mpox (formerly monkeypox) has been identified in DR Congo and neighboring countries
Deadlier and more transmissible than previous forms, the mpox strain surging since September, known as the Clade Ib subclade, is spread person-to-person.
Already, the Clade Ib strain has jumped national borders -- in the last two weeks, cases have been reported in Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda and Kenya
Rwanda
Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge.
Rwanda is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Its capital and largest city is Kigali
Rwanda
Kenya
Kenya, is a country in East Africa.
Kenya's capital and largest city is Nairobi
Second largest city, is the major port city of Mombasa, situated on Mombasa Island in the Indian Ocean
Kenya is bordered by South Sudan to the northwest, Ethiopia to the north, Somalia to the east, Uganda to the west, Tanzania to the south, and the Indian Ocean to the southeast.
Chalbi Desert and Nyiri Desert
Burundi
Burundi, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley at the junction between the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa.
It is bordered by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east and southeast, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west
Lake Tanganyika lies along its southwestern border.
The capital city is Gitega and the largest city is Bujumbura
Uganda
Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa.
It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania.
The southern part includes a substantial portion of Lake Victoria, shared with Kenya and Tanzania.
Uganda is in the African Great Lakes region, it lies within the Nile basin
The capital and largest city, Kampala
Uganda
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