Thursday, 22 March 2018

PRO/AH/EDR> Monkeypox - Africa (03): Central African Republic (HK) comment

Monkeypox -- Central African Republic
The WHO Africa Weekly Bulletin on Outbreaks and Other Emergencies Week 11 is misleading, specifically because there is no mention of Ippy -- where the cases originated from.
On [17 Mar 2018], the World Health Organization in Central Africa Republic [CAR] twitter account posted the following "RCA health minister Dr Somse today declared an outbreak of monkeypox. In total, 8 cases, all from the sub-prefecture of Ippy: of these, 3 cases are quarantined at the hospital in Bria, 5 are suspected

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5703720&promed&0

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