A total of 18,737 suspected or confirmed cases of mpox have been reported in Africa since the beginning of the year, including 1,200 cases in one week alone, the African Union health agency says. The hardest hit country, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where the new Clade 1b strain was first detected in September 2023, has reported 1,005 cases (222 confirmed, 783 suspected) and 24 deaths in one week. All 26 provinces in the DRC, home to some 100 million people, have reported cases. AFP
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