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mpox outbreak, with the World Health Organization (WHO) reporting more than 21,000 confirmed and suspected cases this year, out of a total of 25,093 across Africa. The outbreak escalated last month when the WHO declared it a global health emergency. A newly identified strain of mpox, which may spread more easily, has been detected in the eastern province of South Kivu, exacerbating challenges in a region already dealing with multiple crises. Mpox, previously known as monkeypox, has been endemic in Congo for decades. It is a zoonotic disease, meaning it can spread from infected animals to humans. While it typically causes milder symptoms like fever, those with severe cases can develop significant skin lesions. In the latest outbreaks, over 720 people have died across Africa, predominantly in Congo. In September 2023, mpox spread to South Kivu, previously unaffected by the disease, leading to the identification of a new strain that may be more infectious. The WHO indicated that the virus then spread from South Kivu to the neighboring province of North Kivu. These provinces, located approximately 2,000 kilometers from Kinshasa, are grappling with increasing violence, a humanitarian crisis, and various health service challenges.

Authorities in Congo say 50,000 doses of the mpox vaccine from the United States have arrived in the country

The Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization have launched a continent-wide response plan to the outbreak of mpox

mpox infection. Fear and stigma make it difficult for patients to seek medical attention soon after symptoms arise, which include a painful rash, fever, muscle aches and sore throat. Misinformation is spreading rapidly.

On 14 August officials at the World Health Organisation classified the outbreak of Mpox as a global health emergency. A new strain of the disease has spread beyond the Democratic Republic of Congo for the first time, to at least 12 other African countries. MPOX IS A viral infection typically found in parts of Africa and spread through contact with infected animals as well as within households. It causes severe fever, flu-like symptoms and a rash of pus-filled blisters across the body.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Mpox a public health emergency of international concern as it found a new strain of the virus in parts of Africa. More than 15,600 cases and 537 deaths have been reported this year. Is this of concern to India? Mpox is a zoonotic illness, formerly known as monkeypox.

Union Health Ministry has instructed airports and land port authorities at Bangladesh and Pakistan borders to remain vigilant for international passengers displaying Mpox symptoms, news agency PTI reported. Three hospitals in New Delhi—Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, Safdarjung Hospital, and Lady Hardinge Medical College—have been designated as nodal centers for the isolation, management, and treatment of Mpox patients. State governments have been asked to identify similar facilities under their jurisdiction. P K Mishra, principal secretary to the prime minister, convened a high-level meeting on Sunday to assess the country's preparedness for Mpox. Officials reported no current Mpox cases in India. According to the current assessment, the risk of a large outbreak with sustained transmission is low.

mpox in Pakistan announced last week was not the new strain spreading through Africa, health officials said Monday. The mpox diagnosis in a 34-year-old man recently returned from a Gulf country was declared by health officials on Friday, while testing over the exact strain was carried out. «The virus has been classified as Clade 2b,» the health ministry said in a statement on Monday.

mpox and that she might be another case in a growing global health emergency. She also has no idea where to go to get medical help. This year's alarming rise in cases, including a new form of the virus identified by scientists in eastern Congo, led the World Health Organization to declare it a global health emergency on Wednesday. It said the new variant could spread beyond the five African countries where it had already been detected — a timely warning that came a day before Sweden reported its first case of the new strain. In the vast central African nation of Congo, which has had more than 96% of the world's roughly 17,000 recorded cases of mpox this year — and some 500 deaths from the disease — many of the most vulnerable seem unaware of its existence or the threat that it poses. «We know nothing about this,» Bagheni's husband, Habumuremyiza Hire, said on Thursday about mpox.

mpox were reported in Africa since the beginning of the year, including 1,200 cases in one week alone, the African Union health agency said Saturday. The figure accounts for three strains of the virus, of which one is the new more deadly and more transmissible Clade 1b which prompted the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday to declare an international health emergency — the agency's highest alert.

Africa but now reported outside the continent. While Mpox spreads more slowly than the novel coronavirus, it can still be lethal, depending on the strain. Cases detected in Sweden, Pakistan Sweden said a person who had got back from Africa has tested positive for mpox. The case was identified a day after World Health Organization (WHO) declared the latest outbreak of the disease as a public health emergency of international concern and warned that Europe could see more imported cases. On Friday, Pakistan became the second country outside Africa to report a positive case. The patient had returned from a Gulf country. Pakistani health authorities said tests were underway to determine the variant involved.

mpox cases are now being reported outside Africa too. Sweden has confirmed its first case of mpox on Thursday just as Pakistan reported three cases. China's customs administration said it will monitor people and goods entering the country for mpox for the next six months. Danish drugmaker Bavarian Nordic said Thursday it was ready to produce up to 10 million doses of its vaccine targeting mpox by 2025, The WHO’s declaration of mpox as a global health emergency aims at galvanizing action and resources to mitigate the spread of the virus.

WHO declares Mpox a global public health emergency; ‘coordinated international response essential,’ says DG Tedros Mpox is a self-limiting viral zoonotic infection (spreading between animals and humans) with symptoms like smallpox, but with less clinical severity. It causes painful skin lesions, fever, headaches and muscle aches. Human-to-human transmission occurs mainly through large respiratory droplets requiring prolonged close contact.

Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared mpox a public health emergency on the continent. WHO reported more than 14,000 cases and 524 deaths in Africa this year, which exceeds last year's figures. Over 96% of these cases are concentrated in Congo, where a new, possibly more transmissible form of the virus is causing concern.

mpox first seen in eastern Congo, a day after the World Health Organization declared the outbreaks there and elsewhere in Africa to be a global emergency. The Swedish public health agency said in a statement the patient recently sought health care in Stockholm. «In this case a person has been infected during a stay in the part of Africa where there is a major outbreak of (the more infectious mpox),» the agency said.

Bavarian Nordic said Thursday it was ready to produce up to 10 million doses of its vaccine targeting mpox by 2025 after the World Health Organization declared a surge in the virus in Africa a global public health emergency. Alarmed by a rise in cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the spread of mpox to nearby countries, WHO experts said Wednesday that the «situation constitutes a public health emergency of international concern». «We have additional manufacturing capacity of two million doses for 2024 and (a total of) 10 million doses by 2025,» Rolf Sass Sorensen, vice-president of Bavarian Nordic, told AFP.

mpox across the continent. This week, the World Health Organisation (WHO) will hold a meeting to discuss a potential emergency declaration regarding mpox. This year, nearly 27,000 mpox cases have been reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with around 1,100 deaths, many among children. Congo has been particularly hard hit, with over 96 percent of cases are concentrated in the DRC, with a 160% increase in cases and a 19% rise in deaths this year.

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