🇸🇪🦠 First monkeypox case outside of Africa was recorded in Sweden, one day after the WHO declared a global health emergency.

The patient discovered to be infected happened to have been in one of the affected areas in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The Swedish public health agency said that the strain found in the infected patient is more deadly than the strain which affected thousands of homosexual men two years ago and it can spread from human to human without sexual contact.

🔗 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gqr5lrpwxo

🦠World Health Organization:

Monkeypox virus is spreading faster than before.

🦠 World Health Organization is requesting lockdowns worldwide to avoid another covid

🦠 So far in 2024, 17,541 mpox cases have been reported in twelve African countries, with 517 fatalities, according to data from the African Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

🦠 However, the WHO assures that only in the Democratic Republic of the Congo the number of deaths exceeds 500 and the authorities of that country have recognized 548 deaths, the AFP agency reported.

🦠 Mpox detected in San Francisco water after WHO declares international public health emergency

https://www.themirror.com/news/health/mpox-detected-san-francisco-water-648229

https://x.com/WallStreetSilv/status/1824815950228848790

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🦠 Article from July 27, 2022

WHO recommends gay and bisexual men limit sexual partners to reduce the spread of monkeypox

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/27/monkeypox-who-recommends-gay-bisexual-men-limit-sexual-partners-to-reduce-spread.html

🇸🇱🦠🦠 Sierra Leone Reports More Than 3,000 Mpox Cases, 14 Deaths

The number of cases of mpox registered in Sierra Leone since the beginning of the year has hit 3,011, with 14 dead of the disease, according to new government data.

All of the regions in the west African country have now registered cases, according to the latest health ministry figures released late Friday.

The new figures mark a nearly 50-percent rise in registered cases since the previous update 10 days ago, on May 13, when 2,045 cases and 11 fatalities were registered since the start of the year.

Mpox is caused by a virus from the same family as smallpox, manifesting itself in a high fever and skin lesions.

https://www.barrons.com/news/sierra-leone-reports-more-than-3-000-mpox-cases-14-deaths-aaf1cc58

🌍🦠🦠 12 African Countries Commit to Strengthen Cross-Border Collaboration for Improved Mpox and Health Emergency Response

Twelve African countries have joined hands to facilitate stronger cross-border collaboration to respond, prevent and control disease outbreaks. The continent has recorded over 16,398 confirmed mpox cases and 1,180 deaths in 22 countries as of February 10, 2025.

“Epidemics do not have borders, hence the need to reinforce cross-border collaboration and coordination. An agreement is therefore critically important to drive political momentum, reinforce the enabling environment and strengthen governance,” said Dr Linda Mobula, World Bank Senior Health Specialist in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

The DRC, Angola, Burundi, Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, Sao Tome Principe, South Sudan, Zambia, Kenya, Republic of Congo and Central African Republic will work with development partners, civil society organisations and other health experts from across Africa who committed to an agreement at a regional meeting, held in Nairobi, on Mpox Response and Other Health Emergencies.

https://africacdc.org/news-item/twelve-african-countries-commit-to-strengthened-cross-border-collaboration-to-improve-mpox-and-health-emergency-response/