On Friday, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, revealed that there is a rise in the monkeypox cases. The number of confirmed Mpox cases surpassed 37000 cases of monkeypox in 25 countries, including 125 deaths.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo accounts for 60% of confirmed cases and 40% of deaths, followed by Uganda, Burundi, and Sierra Leone, which have all seen increases in cases since the beginning of this year.
In addition to confirmed cases, the DRC continues to report between 2000 and 3000 suspected cases each week.
Since your last meeting in February, seven additional countries have reported outbreaks for the first time: Albania, Ethiopia, Malawi, North Macedonia, South Sudan, the United Republic of Tanzania, and Togo.
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