The center’s director-general, Jean Cassia, said 107 deaths and 3,160 new cases were recorded in the past week, just a week after his center and the World Health Organization announced a continental response plan.
“In one week, we lost 107 people. This is too many. It is unacceptable,” he added.
During the examination of the disease, men recorded the highest infection rate of 63 percent, while children under the age of 15 recorded a rate of 41 percent.
There is a need for increased testing and resources to support it, Cassia continued, adding that the continent is not conducting enough testing and “cannot rely solely on confirmed cases for decision-making and response.”
Smallpox can Monkeys It can be passed from mother to child during pregnancy. Kassia said more scientific research is needed to determine how common this is.
Tedros Adhanom was GhebreyesusDirector General of the Organization World HealthHe said last month that the number of cases was increasing rapidly, but until recently, there had been relatively few deaths.
The increase in the number of cases came a month after the announcement Global Health Organization Outbreaks in 12 African countries a global emergency.
The budget for the six-month plan submitted by the African Centre andGlobal Health Organization It amounted to $600 million, of which 55 percent was allocated to respond to monkeypox in 14 affected countries and enhance preparedness in 15 other countries.
Some AU member states have contributed to the response plan budget, a move that Kasia praised.
Africa is waiting for vaccines. Some 250,000 doses have already arrived in Congo, but that’s a fraction of the 3 million doses authorities say they need to end the outbreak there, the epicenter of the global emergency.
European countries have pledged to donate more than 500,000 doses, but the delivery date is still unclear.
The Director-General of the World Health Organization said he intends to go to Congo To receive the vaccine when the vaccination process begins in the first week of October “to show that the vaccine is for the African people and the Congolese people.”
The center has so far recorded 5,731 confirmed cases of monkeypox and 724 deaths associated with the disease since the beginning of the year.
