Africa reports nearly 1,400 monkeypox cases in 2022: WHO


By Shi Yu
  • World
  • Wednesday, 01 Jun 2022

BRAZZAVILLE, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Seven African countries have cumulatively reported nearly 1400 monkeypox cases so far this year, with 1,392 suspected and 44 confirmed cases, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday in a statement.

The cases have been reported from Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Liberia, Nigeria, the Republic of the Congo, and Sierra Leone, said the WHO regional office for Africa, noting that the number of cases in 2022 is slightly fewer than half of the cases reported in 2021.

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