Now Over 5,400 Cases Of Mpox -- Clade 1b -- In Uganda, In Nine Months. And Over 40 Deaths -- Ongoing.

We need to remain on alert, with the global pandemic abatement / response network in disarray due to Tangerine 2.0's lunacy, at the moment. The outbreak of Mpox Clade 1b is ongoing, threatening to get out of hand, throughout central Africa -- but most urgently, at the moment, in Uganda. Where there were earlier far fewer cases, the numbers are ramping up, significantly.

Here's that local story:

. . .The cumulative number of confirmed mpox cases in Uganda has hit 5,431, with 40 deaths reported since the outbreak was declared in the East African country nine months ago, the Ministry of Health said Monday.

A total of 44 new infections were recorded in the previous 24 hours, the ministry said in a situation report, noting an increased severity among patients admitted to hospital with mpox, News.Az reports, citing foreign media.

"The cities and fishing communities exhibit the highest attack rates especially," it said, citing Mbarara City and Kampala, and fishing districts in Buvuma, Kalangala and Nakasongola.

The report said individuals aged 25-29 are the most affected demographic group in the country.

Last month, the World Health Organization warned that Uganda has the highest number of community-transmitted mpox cases globally. . . .

This is a particularly fraught time -- with USAID's funding and people / "boots on the ground" largely side-lined, in this epidemic outbreak. Damn.

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