Are we heading towards a new global epidemic of mpox, which originated from monkeypox? The World Health Organization (WHO) has just triggered its highest level of global alert. And it is on the advice of Africa CDC, the public health agency of the African Union, that the WHO has taken this decision. Congolese doctor Jean Kaseya is the director general of Africa CDC. And today, he says to all people who have symptoms: “ Please get tested. It is totally false to say that this is a gay disease. Anyone can get it. “. Doctor Kaseya is the guest of Christophe Boisbouvier.
Christian Musema, a laboratory nurse, takes a sample from a child suspected of Mpox – an infectious disease caused by the monkeypox virus. This at the Munigi treatment center, in Nyiragongo territory near Goma, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo, July 19, 2024. © Arlette Bashizi / Reuters
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