New Delhi, Aug 29
Mpox continues to be a global health risk, with 47 countries reporting a total of 3,924 confirmed cases, including 30 deaths in July, according to a report by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday.
The situation report, for the multi-country outbreak of mpox in July, showed that all clades of monkeypox virus (MPXV) continue to circulate in several countries.
“When mpox outbreaks are not rapidly contained and human-to-human transmission is not interrupted, they continue to pose a risk of sustained community transmission,” the report said.
In July, Senegal reported mpox for the first time. Efforts to identify the clade are underway. Türkiye also reported cases of mpox due to clade Ib MPXV for the first time, and the Democratic Republic of Congo has reported its first cases of mpox due to clade IIb MPXV.