{"id":75727,"date":"2024-08-17T16:00:08","date_gmt":"2024-08-17T16:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/8ca9ece8db4bed1c56f48df9d2417f28"},"modified":"2024-08-17T16:00:08","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T16:00:08","slug":"with-mpox-a-public-health-emergency-in-africa-what-you-must-know-about-increased-virus-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/with-mpox-a-public-health-emergency-in-africa-what-you-must-know-about-increased-virus-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"With Mpox a public health emergency in Africa, what you must know about increased virus risk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Mpox (formerly monkeypox)<\/span> has officially been declared a public health emergency by the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).<\/p>\n The African agency reported an increase in the disease throughout the continent and warned that the virus could spread across international borders, The Associated Press reported. <\/p>\n More than 96% of all mpox cases and deaths have taken place in Congo, even though mpox has been detected in 13 African countries.<\/p>\n MPOX DECLARED PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY IN AFRICA AS AUTHORITIES BATTLE MULTIPLE VARIANTS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n The Africa CDC confirmed that overall cases are up 160%, and deaths increased by 19% compared to last year, according to AP.<\/p>\n Additionally, Swedish health authorities<\/u><\/span> just announced the first case of the highly infectious mpox as well. “In this case, a person was infected during a stay in the part of Africa where there is a major outbreak of [the more infectious mpox formerly known as monkeypox],” the Public Health Agency of Sweden said on Thursday.<\/p>\n