
More than 18,700 mpox cases detected in Africa since January: health agency
A health worker attends to a girl suffering from mpox, at a treatment centre in Munigi, eastern Congo, Friday, Aug. 16, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP A total of 18,737 suspected or confirmed cases of mpox were reported in Africa since the beginning of the year, including 1,200 cases in one week alone, the African…