Monkeypox cases highest in 5 provinces in the Democratic Republic of Congo

11 August 2022

The WHO weekly bulletin update on monkeypox (MPX) has Sankuru, Tshopo, Maniema, Tshuapa and Sud-Ubangi as the provinces with most cases this year. Nationally, more than 2,200 suspected cases had been reported to July 28. The same publication has more data on Congo Basin and West African clades of MPX in other endemic countries. Lastly, officials from the WHO provided more background on monkeypox in Africa, with confirmation that transmission of the virus in the region primarily occurs through household transmission and around 40 percent of cases are in women. Read more

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