Monkeypox -- DR Congo
A monkeypox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has claimed 10 lives, while 141 people have been infected so far, local media reported on Tuesday [1 Sep 2020].
"From the 1st week of surveillance until the 33rd, we recorded 141 confirmed cases, with 10 deaths," Dr. Aime Alengo, a health official in Sankuru province, told the local Actualite news website.
Alengo said the disease affects those who are mostly less than 5 years old. "We are one of a few countries in Africa that
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?7740114&promed&0
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