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Friday, 11 July 2025
SITUATION REPORT
Multi-country outbreak of mpox, External situation report #55 – 11 July 2025 [https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/multi-country-outbreak-of-mpox–external-situation-report–55—11-july-2025]
This is the 55th situation report for the multi-country outbreak of mpox, which provides details on the global epidemiological situation for mpox, including an update on the epidemiological situation for mpox in Africa, with data as of 6 July 2025, and the operational response updates as of 9 July 2025.
Highlights
• All clades of monkeypox virus (MPXV) continue to circulate in several countries. When mpox outbreaks are not rapidly contained and human-to-human transmission is not interrupted, they continue to pose a risk of sustained community transmission.
• Since the last edition of this report, no new countries have reported cases of clade Ib MPXV for the first time.
• Nineteen countries in Africa have reported ongoing mpox transmission in the past six weeks. Clade IIb MPXV continues to be reported in West Africa, while Central African countries report both clade Ia and clade Ib MPXV, and East African countries report clade Ib MPXV.
• The recent overall downward trend of confirmed cases across the continent is driven by the decrease in cases in Sierra Leone, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and some reporting delays. Challenges with access to testing continue in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• An upward trend has been observed in West Africa, particularly in Guinea, Liberia, and Togo, where growing outbreaks of clade IIb MPXV have been reported in recent weeks. This report contains a summary of the epidemiological situation in these three countries.
• China has reported nine additional cases of mpox due to clade Ib MPXV since the last situation report. Epidemiological investigations for some of them are ongoing, and the transmission status of clade Ib MPXV in China is classified as “Unknown” pending further information.
• Türkiye has retrospectively notified WHO of a case of mpox due to clade Ia MPXV, detected in October 2024 in a traveler from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. No secondary cases were reported among the contacts of the case who underwent monitoring.
• This report includes a summary of the fourth meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the upsurge of mpox, held on 5 June 2025.
Read the report: Multi-country outbreak of mpox, External situation report #55 – 11 July 2025 [https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/multi-country-outbreak-of-mpox–external-situation-report–55—11-july-2025]
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