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Mpox Not Under Control in Africa as Sierra Leone Cases Jump
A healthcare worker administers Mpox vaccine in Kampala, Uganda, on February 1.
Photographer: Nicholas Kajoba/Anadolu/Getty ImagesAfrica is set to record more mpox cases this year than it did in 2024, when an explosion of the virus prompted the declaration of an international health emergency.
More than 64,000 cases have been reported in the five months through May, nearing the 77,000 registered all of last year, Ngashi Ngongo, a principal adviser at Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, said in a briefing Thursday.