For The First Time, Cases Of Mpox Clade 1b Reported In... Togo -- Three, Confirmed: CIDRAP

The bulk of the relief burden is now falling to the EU nations, and. . . China. China is likely to receive lots of goodwill credit in these African nations, as Xi steps in where Tangerine has turned his back on the continent.

The immediate human health cost is blindingly-obvious, but the longer term loss of stature -- on the world stage will take perhaps another decade to correct, once we are rid of him.

Here is to hoping that the people of Togo engage in safe practices, as dictated by WHO and the African CDC. And here's CIDRAP on it all, as of yesterday:

. . .Togo's health ministry declared an mpox outbreak late last week, with three confirmed cases reported so far, raising concerns about further disease spread in West Africa where illness activity is surging in Sierra Leone, the region's latest hot spot, health officials from the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said yesterday at a weekly briefing.

Yap Boum, PhD, MPH, deputy incident manager for Africa CDC mpox response, said Africa's mpox activity reflects a mixed picture, with promising signs in some of the earlier affected countries and with different regions of the continent experiencing different clades and transmission patterns.

Confirmation of cases in Togo pushes the number affected African countries to 25, with active transmission underway -- in 16. . . .

Now you know -- onward to barbequed smoky ribs, greens and cornbread -- spicy beans and rice, too. Grinning. . . .

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