Number of Empox patients in Africa rises to over 22,000 this year

More than 22,000 people have been diagnosed with monkeypox this year on the African continent.
According to the Africa CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) on the 28th (local time), as of the 26th of this month, the number of new cases in the past week was
Including the more than 3,000 people reported, a total of 22,863 people have been reported to be infected with Mpox so far this year.
During the same period, 622 people died, with the majority of cases and deaths occurring in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
In May 2022, the spread of Mpox in the United States, Europe, and other countries led the World Health Organization (WHO) to raise the highest level of health alert to a "public health emergency of international concern."
The government declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) in 2018, but lifted the declaration in May last year after the spread of the virus subsided. However, this year, the number of cases of MPH, which have a relatively high mortality rate and a fast infection rate, mainly in Africa, has increased.
The WHO re-declared a PHEIC this month due to the spread of variants of the virus.