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2 months ago

Mpox Spread Slows Slightly in Africa

KINSHASA: The spread of mpox has slowed down slightly across Africa but the epidemic is not over, the African Union's health watchdog said Thursday. Fifteen countries across Africa recorded 11,453 mpox cases in the last four weeks, compared to 12,802 four weeks prior, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said during an online briefing. The Democratic Republic of …

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UK identifies 4 cases of new mpox variant, the first cluster outside Africa

The Independent

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UK records more cases of worrying new mpox strain

China Daily

Doctors in the United Kingdom are working to contain an outbreak of a new, more easily spreadable strain of the mpox virus. UK health officials said this week they have uncovered two additional cases of the new strain in London, among people who shared living space with a man who tested positive after returning from a trip to Central Africa, …

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3 months ago

Congo finally begins mpox vaccinations in drive to slow outbreaks declared a global emergency

The Independent

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3 months ago

Congo begins mpox vaccinations two months after global emergency is declared

LA Times

Congolese authorities on Saturday began vaccination against mpox, nearly two months after the disease outbreak that spread from Congo to several African countries and beyond was declared a global emergency by the World Health Organization. Mpox had been spreading mostly undetected for years in Africa before the disease prompted the 2022 global outbreak that saw wealthy countries quickly respond with …

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3 months, 4 weeks ago

Mpox deaths rise by 107 in a week as Africa CDC calls the toll unacceptable

Associated Press

NAIROBI, Kenya — African countries recorded more than 100 mpox-related deaths in the past week, the continental health body said Thursday as it described the rising toll as “not acceptable.” Dr. Jean Kaseya, director-general of the Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said 107 new deaths and 3,160 new cases had been recorded in the past week, just a …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Africa has almost 4,000 new mpox cases in a week, but the wait for vaccines continues

Associated Press

ABUJA, Nigeria — Africa is seeing a rapid increase in mpox cases with nearly 4,000 reported in the past week, the continent’s public health body said Tuesday as it repeated a plea for long-awaited vaccines whose arrival this week in the most affected country, Congo, has been delayed. At the earliest, the first batch of vaccine doses promised to support …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Congo reports more than 1,000 new mpox cases in a week

The Independent

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Congo reports more than 1,000 new mpox cases in a week. African authorities ask for vaccines

Associated Press

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Congo reported more than 1,000 new mpox cases in the last week up to Tuesday as African health authorities asked for desperately needed vaccines to help fight its “growing” threat on the continent. While mpox has been reported in 12 of Africa’s 54 countries during these outbreaks, the vast central African nation of Congo has …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

First case of mpox strain confirmed in Europe amid global public health emergency

The Independent

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

World Health Organization declares ultra-deadly monkeypox strain a public health emergency of international concern

Daily Mail

The World Health Organization today declared an ultra-deadly strain of monkeypox a global public health emergency. The DRC is home to a densely packed population that frequently travels and moves across borders, raising the risk the new mpox strain, which is spread through physical contact, would eventually spread beyond the country. CDC officials said that the latest rise in mpox …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Where and why is mpox disease spreading in the DRC?

Al Jazeera

A new variant of the virus is spreading through sexual contact and is affecting vulnerable populations, experts say. “Unlike historical animal-to-human transmission, human-to-human sexual transmission, especially among high-risk groups like sex workers, adds a new challenge to controlling the virus,” he said. The eastern region of the DRC is also badly affected by continuing conflict and is limited in resources, …

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6 months, 4 weeks ago

South Africa on high alert after Mpox death case

China Daily

Test tubes labeled "Monkeypox virus positive and negative" are seen in this illustration taken May 23, 2022. South Africa's health department on Wednesday announced plans to procure vaccines against the Mpox, virus formerly known as monkeypox after the country recorded its first confirmed death from the disease this week. While addressing a media briefing, Joe Phaahla, South Africa's minister of …

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6 months, 4 weeks ago

South Africa’s health authorities report 2 deaths from mpox this week and warn of local transmission

Associated Press

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — South African health authorities say two people have died this week after contracting mpox, and it appears there is local transmission of the disease. Health Minister Joe Phaahla said the two deaths were among six recent confirmed cases of mpox in South Africa, all of them in men in their 30s. Mpox was not known …

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6 months, 4 weeks ago

South Africa confirms first case of mpox death after five reported infected

The Independent

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6 months, 4 weeks ago

South Africa reports second mpox death this week

Al Jazeera

More than 97,000 cases and 186 deaths were reported across 117 countries in the first four months of 2024. A second person has died in South Africa this week from the viral infection mpox, says the health ministry, less than 24 hours after it announced the first death. The total number of laboratory-confirmed mpox cases stands at six in the …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Queensland records 10 cases of mpox, formerly known as 'monkeypox', in state's biggest cluster in history

ABC

In short: There have been 10 cases of mpox in Queensland this month, but there's no evidence they're connected to a cluster in Victoria. Queensland has recorded 10 locally acquired cases of mpox this month in the state's biggest cluster of the virus. "There is some evidence that contaminated objects — particularly things like clothing, sheets, towels — that have …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Congo is suffering biggest mpox outbreak ever that could soon spread to US...after arrival of new, ultra-infectious, deadly strain, CDC report warns

Daily Mail

Health officials warn that cases of mpox have reached an all-time high in some areas of Africa, which they fear 'could spread to other countries' including the US. Though the disease, which causes skin rashes and lesions, is an endemic in DRC, US experts fear that the increase in a more severe form of mpox called clade I could lead …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Republic of Congo reports its first mpox virus cases, in several regions

Associated Press

BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo — The Republic of Congo has recorded its first cases of mpox in several regions, the health ministry said, an indication of how the disease may be spreading across Africa since sexual transmission was first confirmed on the continent last year. The World Health Organization said in November it had confirmed sexual transmission of mpox in …

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1 year, 7 months ago

A year after outbreak, Africa waits for its share of mpox vaccines

LA Times

As U.S. public health officials brace for a possible resurgence of mpox ahead of the summer festival season, experts are warning that European and North American governments aren’t doing nearly enough to ensure that hard-hit African countries can also beat back the virus. After the mpox outbreak began last spring, wealthy countries rushed to the only maker of the Jynneos …

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1 year, 7 months ago

WHO declares monkeypox outbreak over - just as virus resurges in Chicago

Daily Mail

The World Health Organization has declared the monkeypox global emergency over, just as this year's first cluster of cases emerges in America's third largest city. The data highlights an uptick after cases previously flatlining at one or none per week since December World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has declared an end to the emergency over mpox Mpox sparked …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Africa, the continent most affected by mpox, is finally to receive its first vaccines

LA Times

Africa’s top public health body says the continent is set to receive its first batch of mpox vaccines as a donation from South Korea. The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday that the 50,000 doses will be used first for health workers and people living in the hardest-hit areas. Yet African health authorities for months have pursued …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Africa to receive first batch of 50,000 mpox vaccines

Al Jazeera

Doses will be used first for health workers and people living in hardest-hit areas, especially in DRC, Ghana and Nigeria. The African continent is set to receive its first batch of mpox vaccines, 50,000 doses in all, as a donation from South Korea, according to the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention. Acting CDC Director Ahmed Ogwell noted that …

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Mpox Spread Slows Slightly in Africa

UK identifies 4 cases of new mpox variant, the first cluster outside Africa

UK records more cases of worrying new mpox strain

Congo finally begins mpox vaccinations in drive to slow outbreaks declared a global emergency

Congo begins mpox vaccinations two months after global emergency is declared

Mpox deaths rise by 107 in a week as Africa CDC calls the toll unacceptable

Africa has almost 4,000 new mpox cases in a week, but the wait for vaccines continues

Congo reports more than 1,000 new mpox cases in a week

Congo reports more than 1,000 new mpox cases in a week. African authorities ask for vaccines

First case of mpox strain confirmed in Europe amid global public health emergency

World Health Organization declares ultra-deadly monkeypox strain a public health emergency of international concern

Where and why is mpox disease spreading in the DRC?

South Africa on high alert after Mpox death case

South Africa’s health authorities report 2 deaths from mpox this week and warn of local transmission

South Africa confirms first case of mpox death after five reported infected

South Africa reports second mpox death this week

Queensland records 10 cases of mpox, formerly known as 'monkeypox', in state's biggest cluster in history

Congo is suffering biggest mpox outbreak ever that could soon spread to US...after arrival of new, ultra-infectious, deadly strain, CDC report warns

Republic of Congo reports its first mpox virus cases, in several regions

A year after outbreak, Africa waits for its share of mpox vaccines

WHO declares monkeypox outbreak over - just as virus resurges in Chicago

Africa, the continent most affected by mpox, is finally to receive its first vaccines

Africa to receive first batch of 50,000 mpox vaccines