Malawi confirms sixth mpox case
Malawi recorded one more confirmed mpox case, bringing the total number of cases to six since the first three were confirmed in April.
Malawi recorded one more confirmed mpox case, bringing the total number of cases to six since the first three were confirmed in April.
Kenya on Thursday received 10,700 doses of mpox vaccines, a boost to its efforts against the spread of the disease
Uganda has received an additional 100,000 doses of the mpox vaccine from the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) to support the next phase of its prevention campaign, said a senior health official on Monday.
Zambia's health authorities have reported the country's fourth case of monkeypox, also known as mpox.
A 30-year-old man recently returning from West Africa was confirmed as a new case of mpox in Serbia on Friday. He is also the first confirmed mpox case in the Kosovo region, according to the regional Institute of Public Health.
The United States confirmed its first case of clade I mpox, a more aggressive strain, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced.
Kenya's health authorities have called on citizens to stay vigilant after confirming three new cases of mpox, ending a month-long hiatus and bringing the total case count to 17.
Congo has launched the second phase of vaccination against mpox.
Zimbabwe has announced two confirmed cases of mpox in people who have travelled to South Africa and Tanzania.
Five of the 18 patients have recovered, and no patient has died from the infectious viral disease, he said, Xinhua news agency reported.
