Congo (RC) - Monkeypox outbreak 2022

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Week 22 : 23 - 29 May 2022
Data as reported by: 17:00; 29 May 2022
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Congo Monkeypox Ungraded

Date notified to WCO
23-May-2022

Start of reporting period
1 May 2022

End of reporting period
30-May-2022

Total cases
7

Cases Confirmed
2

Deaths
3

CFR
42.9%

Since the beginning of 2022, seven suspected cases with three deaths have been reported from Impfondo District in the country’s northern department of Likouala on the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo and Central Africa. Samples from two cases sent to the National Institute of Biomedical Research (INRB) Laboratory in Kinshasa on 12 April 2022 were laboratory-confirmed.

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Week 38: 12 - 18 September 2022
Data as reported by: 17:00; 18 September 2022
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Congo Monkeypox Grade 3

Date notified to WCO 23-May-22
Start of reporting period 1-Jan-22
End of reporting period 14-Sep-22

Total cases 10
Cases Confirmed 5
Deaths 3
CFR 30.0%

Since the beginning of 2022, ten cases including five laboratory-confirmed and five probable cases have been reported from Impfondo District in the country’s northern department of Likouala on the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo and Central Africa (7), from Sangha Department (2), and from Pointe Noire (1), as of 14 September 2022. Three of these cases have died (CFR 30.0%). Two confirmed cases have been reported on week 36, including one from Pointe Noire which has reported its first ever case of monkeypox.

https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/363154/OEW38-1218082022.pdf

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Week 45: 31 October - 6 November 2022
Data as reported by: 17:00; 6 November 2022
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Congo Monkeypox Grade 3

Date notified to WCO 23-May-22
Start of reporting period 1-Jan-22
End of reporting period 1-Nov-22

Total cases 19
Cases Confirmed 5
Deaths 3
CFR 15.8%

From 1 January to 11 September 2022, the Republic of Congo has reported 19 suspected cases of monkeypox including five probable and five laboratory-confirmed cases, with three deaths (CFR 15.8%). The suspected cases have been reported from four Departments and nine Districts. Impfondo is the epicentre of the outbreak, with five probable and two confirmed cases. The other confirmed cases have been detected in Ouesso (n=2) and Ngoyo (n=1) Districts. Sixty percent of the probable and confirmed cases are females, and 40% aged less than 10 years

https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/364336/OEW45-311006112022.pdf