Mpox Cases Spike 500 Percent in Africa in Past Year

Published on November 3, 2024

Monkeypox cases in African countries have seen a massive jump, with nations in Central Africa accounting for more than eight out of 10 infections, according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Since January, a total of 48,093 cases of monkeypox, known as mpox, were reported from 19 member states of the African Union, including 10,372 confirmed infections and 1,048 deaths, the agency said in an Oct. 31 press briefing. The number of confirmed cases this year so far is up more than 500 percent compared to the entirety of 2023. Central Africa—Burundi, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, and Sao Tome and Principe—accounted for more than 85 percent of cases and more than 99 percent of deaths....

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