Over the last week, 181 samples from 51 cases were tested in a laboratory, Dr. Ngashi Ngongo, Africa CDC chief of staff, said during a Thursday press briefing. MORE: 'Mysterious' illness kills 79 ...

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Over the last week, 181 samples from 51 cases were tested in a laboratory, Dr. Ngashi Ngongo, Africa CDC chief of staff, said during a Thursday press briefing. Laboratory testing showed 25 out of ...

The illness was considered a mystery for weeks. It has killed at least 37 people and sickened 592, according to the Africa CDC. Local authorities previously told Reuters that the death toll ...

While Africa CDC is continuously building its capacity at its headquarters in Addis Ababa, there is an equal effort to operationalize the Regional Collaborating Centres (RCCs) in the five regions ...

The African continent had reported 65,711 Mpox cases since the start of this year, of which 14,241 were confirmed, and over 1,237 deaths, according to Africa CDC Director-General Jean Kaseya.

At Thursday’s press conference, Dr. Ngashi Ngongo of the Africa CDC presented two hypotheses. First, the primary cause of the disease may be malaria exacerbated by malnutrition and viral infections.

"The working diagnosis now is malaria," Ngashi Ngongo, Africa CDC chief of staff and head of the executive office told an online briefing. The situation has been exacerbated by malnutrition in the ...

"The good news we got from Japan is that, next week, we are getting the Japanese vaccine in DRC that will allow the vaccination of children," Jean Kaseya, director general of Africa CDC ...

It was first identified on Oct 24 and reported to national authorities in early December. The Africa CDC said limited laboratory capacity in the Panzi health zone, the epicenter of the outbreak ...