Thursday, 2 January 2020

PRO/AH/EDR> Monkeypox - Africa (01): Congo DR 2019, WHO

Monkeypox -- DR Congo
Since the beginning of 2019, a cumulative total of 5060 monkeypox cases, including 103 deaths (CFR [case-fatality rate] 2%), were reported from 18 provinces. In week 49 (week ending 8 Dec 2019), 56 cases and one death were reported nationally.
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Communicated by:
Mary Marshall

[It is curious that this many monkeypox (MPX) cases (5060) during 2019 did not come to our attention until now. MPX virus is endemic and widespread geographically in the DR Congo, with cases in 18 provinces;

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6868194&promed&0

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