Post Reply - On M-pox

3 imported, 3 locally acquired

   https://afludiary.blogspot.com/2025/01/ukhsa-7th-confirmed-mpox-clade-ib-in-uk.html or https://afludiary.blogspot.com/2025/01/ukhsa-7th-confirmed-mpox-clade-ib-in-uk.html ;
Less than a week ago the UK HSA announced the 6th clade Ib Mpox case in the UK (3 imported, 3 locally acquired).  Today they are announcing their 7th case; detected  in an individual who recently travelled from Uganda. 
The clade Ib Mpox virus is reportedly more virulent, and potentially more transmissible, than the clade II mpox virus which began its world tour in the spring of 2022.
So far, we've seen 11 non-African nations report imported cases of this Mpox Ib clade; Sweden, Thailand, India, Germany, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America, Canada, Pakistan, Belgium, China, and France.
Several countries, including China, Belgium, Germany, France and the UK have reported limited secondary transmission.
The latest update from the UKHSA is unusually brief.
Latest update
Another case of clade Ib mpox has been detected, bringing the total number of confirmed cases since October 2024 to 7, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) can confirm.

The individual had recently travelled to Uganda. The risk to the UK population remains low.

The UKHSA and NHS will not be disclosing any further details about the individual.

Professor Susan Hopkins, Chief Medical Adviser at UKHSA, said:
The risk to the UK population remains low. Close contacts have been identified and offered appropriate advice in order to reduce the chance of further spread.
Last month the WHO published a new, updated risk assessment, which puts the risk of national and international spread as HIGH.
DJ, So first UK cases 2025 of a H5N1 and an Mpox-clade lb...hopefully NOT in the same person !

https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/africa-ac/monkeypox/1003943-drc-mpox-monkeypox-outbreak-2025?view=stream  or https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/africa-ac/monkeypox/1003943-drc-mpox-monkeypox-outbreak-2025?view=stream (latest);

Population movements in North Kivu promote the spread of the Mpox epidemic

Published on Mon, 01/27/2025 - 09:08 | Modified on Mon, 01/27/2025 - 09:08

Population movements in North Kivu, due to clashes between the Congolese army and the M23 rebels, are contributing to the spread of the Mpox epidemic.

An increase in case notifications over the past four weeks is reported.

This observation was noted during the meeting, Friday, January 24 in Goma, between the vice-governor of the province of North Kivu and the deputy executive director of the WHO, in charge of emergencies, Chikwe Ihekweazu. The latter was accompanied by the director general of the National Institute of Public Health, Dieudonné Muamba.

"The province continues to report cases. With ongoing conflicts, we have noted an increase in case reports. And with these population movements, we have also noted that there are new health zones that have started reporting cases. But we still note that the lethality rate remains very low. So there is good management of these Mpox cases, and that is why we will continue to provide our support from the central level to the province to reassure ourselves that everything is in place to stop the contaminations," explained Dieudonné Muamba.

He notes that with all these movements of populations the disease is also spreading.

"There are big challenges that impact the spread of the epidemic. But we believe that by combining efforts, we can have health benefits ," he noted.

DJ, The DRC situation is dramatic...