More than 15,000 mpox cases and 461 deaths have been reported on the continent this year so far - a 160% increase in cases compared with the same period in 2023, while deaths have jumped by around 19%.

Health chiefs are considering declaring a global emergency

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Danish biotech firm Bavarian Nordic has announced the donation of 40,000 doses of its mpox vaccine to Africa CDC following a public health emergency. The European Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority will also provide an additional 175,420 doses to combat the outbreak originating in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Democratic Republic of the Congo among countries affected by the virus, with death toll now more than 1,450

Virus, now a public health emergency, is crossing borders and there are fears it could reach other continents

The mpox outbreak never ended in Africa. Now a deadlier strain is spreading.

Formerly known as monkey pox, the virus has infected more than 15,000 people and killed 461 in Africa this year. Public health officials in the continent call it a ‘menace that knows no boundaries’

Africa's top public health authority, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), has declared a 'public health emergency of continental security' due to an mpox outbreak spreading from the Democratic Republic of Congo to neighboring countries.