PRO/AH/EDR> Monkeypox – Africa (06): Congo DR, WHO

Monkeypox — DR Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) saw another 1000 total monkeypox cases in the past month, rising from 2591 cases on 5 Jul to 3567 on 9 Aug [2020], according to the World Health Organization. The monkeypox death toll in DRC has also risen to 132 through 9 Aug [2020].
WHO notes that one major challenge in the DRC to the current emergency includes acquiring the required funding to respond to all the multiple ongoing outbreaks in the country, which include Ebola, COVID-19, cholera,