Monkeypox -- DR Congo
The World Health Organization (WHO) reported an additional 629 monkeypox cases in the past 6 weeks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Also reported are 6 additional monkeypox fatalities.
Since the beginning of the year [2021] through 8 Aug [2021], 2523 cases have been reported with 66 deaths.
In 2020, a total of 6257 suspected cases including 229 deaths (CFR 3.7%) were reported in 133 health zones from 17 out of 26 provinces in the country.
Monkeypox, a rare zoonosis
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?8646422&promed&0
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