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Joint ECDC-WHO Regional Office for Europe Monkeypox Surveillance Bulletin (August 03, 2022)

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  • Joint ECDC-WHO Regional Office for Europe Monkeypox Surveillance Bulletin (August 03, 2022)

    Joint ECDC-WHO Regional Office for Europe Monkeypox Surveillance Bulletin

    Produced on 3 August 2022, 12:00

    ECDC Situation risk assessment

    WHO EURO Monkeypox webpage

    Surveillance summary


    A total of 15926 cases of monkeypox have been identified through IHR mechanisms and official public resources up to 2 August 2022, 14:00, from 38 countries and areas throughout the European region. Case-based data were reported for 15624 cases from 32 countries and areas to ECDC and the WHO Regional Office for Europe through The European Surveillance System (TESSy), up to 2 August 2022, 10:00.

    Of the 15624 cases reported in TESSy, 15524 were laboratory confirmed. Furthermore, where sequencing was available, 203 were confirmed to be of the West African clade. The earliest date of symptom onset was reported as 11 March 2022. The majority of cases were between 31 and 40 years-old (6349/15595 - 41%) and male (15439/15572 - 99.1%). Among cases with known HIV status, 36% (2690/7487) were HIV-positive. The majority of cases presented with a rash (9126/9626 - 94.8%) and systemic symptoms such as fever, fatigue, muscle pain, chills, or headache (6300/9626 - 65%). 399 cases were hospitalised (5.6%), of which 150 cases required clinical care. Three cases were admitted to ICU, among whom one was admitted to ICU for reasons unrelated to monkeypox infection. The two other cases admitted to ICU were reported to have died of monkeypox. Some (41) cases were reported to be health workers, however no occupational exposure has been reported.


    INTRODUCTION
    This report provides an overview of the total number of cases of monkeypox identified by ECDC and the WHO Regional Office for Europe through IHR mechanisms and official public resources and case-based data through The European Surveillance System (TESSy) up to 2 August 2022.

    The first summary table and maps (first two tabs) describe the number of cases identified through the different platforms. The following figures and tables describe national case-based data for surveillance of monkeypox reported in TESSy from all the countries and areas of the WHO European Region, including the 24 countries of the European Union (EU) and the additional three countries of the European Economic Area (EEA).

    Case Report Form Data are submitted through the case-based record type MPX to The European Surveillance System (TESSy) database hosted at ECDC.

    KEY INDICATORS
    Summary of number of cases of monkeypox identified through IHR mechanisms and official public resources and reported to TESSy, European Region, 2022
    Spain 4577 4577
    United Kingdom 2759 2724
    Germany 2724 2724
    France 2054 2054
    Netherlands 927 927
    Portugal 633 536
    Italy 505 505
    Belgium 482 482
    Switzerland 272 270
    Israel 146 0
    Austria 135 135
    Sweden 102 102
    Denmark 101 100
    Ireland 97 97
    Poland 63 63
    Norway 57 55
    Hungary 42 42
    Slovenia 37 37
    Greece 33 33
    Luxembourg 30 30
    Czechia 25 25
    Romania 22 22
    Finland 20 20
    Malta 17 17
    Croatia 12 12
    Serbia 10 0
    Iceland 10 9
    Estonia 8 8
    Slovakia 6 6
    Gibraltar 5 0
    Bulgaria 4 4
    Andorra 3 3
    Latvia 3 3
    Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 1
    Georgia 1 1
    Russian Federation 1 0
    Turkey 1 0
    Montenegro 1 0
    Total 15926 15624
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