Almost 30,000 suspected mpox cases in Africa this year, WHO says

Reuters
Sep 23, 2024

Almost 30,000 suspected mpox cases in Africa this year, WHO says


Nearly 30,000 suspected mpox cases have been reported in Africa so far this year, most of them in Democratic Republic of Congo where tests have run out, the World Health Organization said on Monday.
 
More than 800 people died of suspected mpox across the continent in that time, the U.N. health body said in its report. Congo's central African neighbour Burundi has also been hit by a growing outbreak, it added.