2023-11-27 06:26:00
Since January, 581 people have died from monkeypox in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a record.
According to a situation report from the World Health Organization in Geneva, nearly 12 569 cas suspects de mpox (long called monkeypox), have been detected in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since the start of the year. A record. Almost 600 people died. “This is the highest number of cases ever reported for a yearsome in geographic areas that had never reported cases of mpox before, including Kinshasa, Lualaba and South Kivu. The WHO adds: “The risk of mpox spreading to neighboring countries and around the world appears significant.”
A number which remains all the more significant when compared to the 112 deaths recorded worldwide during the 2022 epidemic. The virus then spread to the United Kingdom and several other Western countries. The disease has been reported for the first time in humans, in the DRC, in 1970remember Franceinfo.
According to AFP, it is characterized by skin rashes. They can appear on the genitals or in the mouth, and may be accompanied by bouts of fever, sore throat or pain in the lymph nodes.
For its part, the WHO specifies that “this strain may also spread widely among sexual networks, as was the case for the other strain during the 2022 global outbreak.” She adds that she can in particular be transmitted by direct contact with an affected person, an animal, such as rodents, or even objects carrying the virus.
But how might the virus spread so quickly in the Democratic Republic of Congo? According to The Telegraph, the lack of health infrastructure in the country wouldn’t have had anything to do with it. In addition, this new epidemic would have been attributed to a Belgian tourist passing through the country.
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