Côte d'Ivoire Reports 28 Cases, 1 Death of Monkeypox

On Tuesday, Côte d'Ivoire reported 28 cases of monkeypox, including a 1 death. 

The National Public Hygiene Institute (INHP) official doctor Daouda Coulibaly said that the institute recorded "28 confirmed cases including one death" across the country as of Tuesday.

Coulibaly added tests were being carried out to identify the strain of the latest mpox cases.

"The situation is no cause for alarm," Coulibaly said. "We are seeing just the start of a nascent epidemic -- there is no upsurge" in cases.

He said monitoring for mpox had been strengthened.

"We have to break the chains of transmission, identify the contacts of cases, isolate them and monitor them."

Monkeypox is widely spread in Africa which forces African health authorities and global authorities to declare a health emergency for the virus.