Kinshasa: Since the beginning of 2024, the monkeypox epidemic has claimed the lives of 548 people in Congo.
According to Congolese Minister of Health Samuel Roger Kumba, all the provinces of the country are affected by this disease, but the most affected provinces are South Kivu, North Kivu, Shopu, Equator, North Obangi, Showapa, Mongala and Sankuru.
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday declared the outbreak of monkeypox in Africa a global public health emergency, while also expressing concern over the increase in cases in the DRC and the spread to neighboring countries. has gone
In a video message to a foreign news agency today, the Health Minister said that according to the latest epidemiological report, 15,664 probable cases and 548 deaths have been recorded in our country since the beginning of the year.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo consists of 26 provinces and has a population of about 100 million.
The decision by the United Nations Health Organization to declare monkeypox a global threat came a day after the African Union health watchdog declared a public health emergency in view of the growing epidemic. .
