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The Africa CDC previously said that Mpox, also known as monkeypox, has been detected in 13 countries this year and that more than 96% of all cases and deaths are in Congo. Cases are up 160% and deaths are up 19% compared with the same period last year.
The World Health Organization has declared the Mpox outbreaks in Congo and elsewhere in Africa a global emergency. More than a dozen countries are affected by the virus spreading. Both children and adults are susceptible to the virus outbreak.
A few days ago, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that the Mpox outbreaks were a public health emergency. More than 500 deaths had already taken place. The agency called for international help to stop the virus’s spread. WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has expressed his deep concern about the spread of the disease.
The Africa CDC previously said that Mpox, also known as monkeypox, has been detected in 13 countries this year and that more than 96% of all cases and deaths are in Congo. Cases are up 160% and deaths are up 19% compared with the same period last year.
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So far, there have been more than 14,000 cases and 524 people have died. Cases had been reported in Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Kenya, where infections had not been registered in previous outbreaks. During the global 2022 Mpox outbreak that affected more than 70 countries, fewer than 1% of people died.
