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Mpox cases on African continent show 500% increase year-on-year

BY REUTERS Mpox cases continue to spread on the African continent, showing an increase of over 500% from last year, data from the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) showed on Thursday. The World Health Organization declared mpox a global health emergency in mid-August, after a new strain began spreading from the Democratic Republic of Congo to neighbouring countries. “The situation is not yet under control, we are still on the upward trend generally,” Ngashi Ngongo from Africa CDC told a briefing. Nineteen African countries have seen more than 48,000 suspected mpox cases including 1,048 deaths so far this year, according to the public health agency’s data. Central Africa, which is the most hit by the outbreak, […] The post Mpox cases on African continent show 500% increase year-on-year first appeared on 93.3 KFM.

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