According to the African Union Health Agency (CDC), 866 people have died of Mpox infection on the continent since the beginning of the year. The epidemic is “not under control” in Africa, CDC chief Jean Kaseya told journalists on Thursday. A total of 34,297 cases were registered in the five African regions, it said, including 38 in Ghana, where the disease had not yet appeared.
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