Infections have been detected in a total of 19 African countries. Central Africa has been hit hardest by the disease.
In Africa, m-pox cases have been on the rise during the past year. The number of infections increased by more than 500 percent in one year, says the African Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on Thursday.
The World Health Organization WHO declared m-pox, previously known as monkeypox, as a global health threat in mid-August, when a new strain of the disease began to spread from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to its neighboring countries.
This year, more than 48,000 m-pox cases have already been detected in Africa, of which 1,048 have resulted in death. Infections have been detected in a total of 19 African countries, but Central Africa has been hit hardest by the disease.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo started the first vaccinations against m-pox at the beginning of October.
Outside of Africa, Germany and Sweden, among others, have also reported individual m-pox cases.
Source: Reuters