Mpox in Uganda is now responsible for 40% of Africa’s new cases

Cases of mpox disease have increased in Uganda over the past six weeks, surpassing those of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), says the World Health Organization (WHO).

In the weeks spanning 20 January to 2 March Uganda recorded 1157 new mpox infections, said WHO’s 10 March report.1 The DRC—the hardest hit country in the global mpox epidemic—had 1080 fresh cases, …