SITUATION REPORT: Multi-country outbreak of mpox, External situation report #47 -- 13 February, 2025

No images? Click here Thursday, 13 February 2025 SITUATION REPORT Multi-country outbreak of mpox, External situation report #47 This is the 47th situation report for the multi-country outbreak of mpox, which provides details on the latest epidemiological trends in Africa with data as of 2 February 2025 and operational response updates and updates on imported mpox cases as of 5 February 2025. Highlights The outbreak of mpox due to clade Ib monkeypox virus (MPXV) continues predominantly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi and Uganda, with new travel-related cases identified in previously unaffected countries.  In the last six weeks, Uganda has reported the second-highest number of confirmed cases, which constitute over a third of all confirmed cases reported on the continent during this period, with ongoing increase in weekly incidence. The Democratic Republic of the Congo continues to experience a high burden of mpox, with circulation of both clade I MPXV subclades. Despite many of the provinces reporting stable trends in cases, the situation in the country remains concerning, with many areas seeing sustained transmission. The escalating violence in the eastern part of the country poses additional challenges for the mpox response. New travel-related cases of mpox due to clade Ib MPXV have been detected in countries that had already detected travel-related cases before, including Thailand and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The United Arab Emirates has reported its first detection of a case of mpox due to clade Ib MPXV in-country Full text of the situation report: Multi-country outbreak of mpox, External situation report #47 - 13 February 2025 Media contacts: mediainquiries@who.int   You are receiving this NO-REPLY email because you are included on a WHO mail list. If you have been forwarded this update you can click here to subscribe. Journalists may send feedback to WHO Media Team         Share    Tweet    Share    Forward  World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, 1202 Geneva 27, Switzerland  Unsubscribe