WHO reports 30,000 suspected mpox cases in Africa, mainly in DRC

Suspected mpox patients await for consultation in the mpox isolation ward at the Kavumu hospital in Kabare territory, South Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on 29 August, 2024. © Reuters - Arlette Bashizi

Nearly 30,000 suspected mpox cases have been reported in Africa so far this year, most of them in Democratic Republic of Congo where tests have run out, the World Health Organization said on Monday.

More than 800 people died of suspected monkeypox across the continent in that time, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its report.