On 29 July 2024, the Kenyan Ministry of Health confirmed a case of mpox in Taita Taveta County which borders Tanzania (Mpox – African Region). The reported case was from a 42-year-old male, a long-distance truck driver who had travelled from Kampala, Uganda to Mombasa, Kenya and was enroute to Rwanda at the time of detection. The date of onset of symptoms was 3 July 2024 and the case was detected and isolated by the Kenyan Ministry of Health officials on 22 July 2024 after presenting with c...
