WHO Statement: Monkeypox Outbreak in DRC – Latest Updates and Statistics

2023-11-26 01:58:00

Foreign news agencies report from Geneva. Switzerland on November 26 that the World Health Organization (WHO) issued a statement regarding The situation of the spread of monkeypox or “MPOX” in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is that there have been at least 12,569 cumulative cases and 581 deaths since the beginning of this year until the 12th. Last Nov.

There are only 4 out of 26 provinces in the DRC. There are still no confirmed cases of infection. At the same time, the situation is considered to be an annual outbreak of monkeypox. The most severe violence ever seen in a country. and has been in close coordination with the DRC Ministry of Health.

While WHO statistics on the situation of the spread of monkeypox Between January 2022 until 31 Oct. 2023, a cumulative total of 91,788 cases and 167 deaths have been confirmed. Outbreaks have been found in 116 countries and territories. By confirming the transmission of monkeypox virus in humans. It first happened at DRC in 1970.

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