The Kenyan Health Ministry has dispatched health care workers to Taita-Taveta County, where a case of mpox was detected Wednesday. Authorities say the person who tested positive for the virus traveled through the county along the Kenyan-Tanzanian border. Kenya Health Ministry Principal Secretary Mary Muthoni said health officials were deployed in an effort to prevent the virus from spreading. Muthoni of the Ministry of Health said medical officials are following up on the patient and the people he met. According to the Associated Press, Burundi, Central African Republic, and Rwanda reported mpox cases for the first time this week.
