Congo reported fewer than 100 mpox cases last week, down from nearly 400 in July but infections have risen in Burundi and ...

The World Health Organization says mpox cases in the region of Congo where a new and more infectious variant was first ...

In Uganda, which reported 100 new cases last week, WHO said the virus is spreading mostly through sex, with the vast majority ...

Last week, Africa CDC's director Dr Jean Kaseya said the continent was "still in the acute phase" of the mpox epidemic, with ...

The World Health Organization reports that mpox cases are plateauing in Congo's South Kivu region, despite rising numbers in the rest of the country, Burundi, and Uganda. With fewer than 100 confirmed ...

The authorities said the risk of a rapid spread remained low because the new cases had had household contact with the first infected person.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a global health emergency over a new strain of mpox that is spreading ...

In August 2024, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared mpox a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). The viral illness caused by the monkeypox virus is endemic in certain ...

In response to the rapid spread of mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, in Africa ... or lineage, of the virus than the one that caused the 2022 outbreak. In addition, a new branch or version ...

The outbreak was first declared in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo. Mpox (Monkeypox) is an infectious disease caused by the monkeypox virus, presenting symptoms such as a painful rash, ...

A passenger arriving from Sharjah exhibited symptoms of monkeypox during a medical screening, ARY News reported on Friday. Identified as Javed Ahmed, a resident of Rajanpur, the passenger tested ...