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DR Congo conflict: 500 mpox patients flee clinics after rebel looting

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More than 500 mpox patients have fled clinics in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo .

The patients fled from facilities in Goma and Bukavu - two cities seized by the Rwanda -backed M23 rebels.

Mpox - formerly known as monkeypox - is suspected to have killed at 900 people in DR Congo last year .