A spike in infections last year in Europe and the United States, outside the disease’s endemic areas, prompted the WHO to declare a public health emergency of international concern, the highest alarm it can sound, in July 2022. It ended the alert in May this year but advised populations to remain vigilant. It has been endemic for years in several West and Central African countries, where outbreaks often began when the virus was transmitted to humans from infected animals.The World Health Organization on Saturday reported 12,569 mpox cases and 581 related deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo this year to November 12, the highest annual figure ever recorded. Why has the disease never been eradicated up to now in DRC?
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