The African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) recently released a report saying that more than a thousand new infections with the virus have been recorded.Brown trout– Mbox, which has been famous for some time in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The African Union Health Organization told Radio France Internationale on Wednesday that it was deeply concerned about the high rate of spread of the virus in neighboring Burundi and Central Africa.
The report said that the country most affected by the epidemic is the Democratic Republic of Congo, with almost 18,000 cases recorded since the beginning of 2024, including more than a thousand new cases a week. went, adding that Kinshasa has developed a plan worth $49. million to answer. To reassure the authorities about the rapid control of the virus.
For his part, the Director General of the Centers, Dr. Jean Cassia, confirmed that the spread of the virus is a cause for concern in many neighboring countries, noting that a warning comes from Burundi, the Congo Democratic, and Central Africa, where we see an increase in the number of deaths and diseases, even if there are no countries that have been newly affected, the virus will continue, not only in Africa but also in other continents.
Dr. Cassia said, regarding vaccines, that the first doses will be delivered to the African continent at the end of next week, indicating that the priority is now to produce them in Africa.
He said that an agreement for this was concluded with the Danish biotechnology company “Bavarian Nordic” to transfer the technology to African production sites, but no timetable was immediately announced.
He continued: “We need local manufacturing,” and expressed his gratitude to the Danish company for agreeing to transfer the technology to Africa so that they can make the vaccine, which will reduce the price without affect the quality of the vaccine… noting that this issue “gives us hope.”
In Burundi, new cases of infection doubled within a week, reaching 572 cases, while Central Africa recorded 57 new cases, bringing the total to 263 cases.
On the other hand, Uganda, Rwanda and Kenya, which detected the first cases last July, did not report any new cases of transmission. The same is true in Côte d’Ivoire and Liberia, according to a report from the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which also indicates that the epidemic has not affected any African country for a week.
However, the National Institute of Public Health in Côte d’Ivoire confirmed 28 cases, including one death in Abidjan.
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The World Health Organization has declared the monkeypox outbreak in the Congo and elsewhere in Africa a global emergency, with confirmed cases among children and adults in more than a dozen countries. In addition, the group announced a new species of the virus.
The Director-General of the Agency, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said: “The Emergency Committee met and they told me that the situation, from its point of view, is a global health crisis of international concern, I accepted it this idea.
He said: “It’s something we should all be concerned about. The World Health Organization is committed to coordinating an international response days and weeks in advance and working closely with each of the affected countries, and moving on the ground to prevent to stop the spread of disease, treat the infected, and save lives.”
The decision came after the African Union Health Authority declared a public health emergency due to the outbreak of smallpox (Empox) on the continent.
2024-08-21 15:30:00
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