| No images? Click here  Friday, 31 October 2025 SITUATION REPORT Multi-country outbreak of mpox, External situation report #59 - 30 October 2025 OVERVIEWThis is the 59th 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 with data on the global situation as of 30 September 2025, in Africa as of 19 October and the operational response updates as of 24 October 2025. HIGHLIGHTS • This Situation report will now be published monthly. • All clades of the monkeypox virus (MPXV) continue to circulate. When mpox outbreaks are not rapidly contained and human-to-human transmission is not interrupted, there is a risk of sustained community transmission. • In September 2025, 42 countries, across all WHO regions, reported a total of 3135 confirmed cases, including 12 deaths (case fatality ratio [CFR] 0.4%). More than 80% of these cases were reported in the African Region. Four regions (African Region, Eastern Mediterranean Region, Region of the Americas, and the Western Pacific) observed a declining trend in confirmed cases reported per month, while the European and South-East Asian regions observed an increase in cases in September 2025. • Seventeen countries in Africa have experienced ongoing active transmission of mpox in the last six weeks (14 Sep – 19 Oct 2025), with 2862 confirmed cases, including 17 deaths (CFR 0.6%) reported during this period. Countries reporting the highest number of cases in this period are the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia, Kenya and Ghana; with upward trends in Kenya and Liberia, sustained declining trends in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and very early indications of a downward trend in Ghana. • Since the last edition of this report, Malaysia, Namibia, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain have reported detection of clade Ib monkeypox virus (MPXV) for the first time. • New imported cases of mpox due to clade Ib MPXV detected among travellers have been reported in Belgium, Canada, Germany, Italy, Qatar and Spain. • Six countries outside Central and East Africa have reported clade Ib MPXV cases among individuals without travel links, indicating local circulation of the virus in Italy, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and the United States of America. In addition to countries in Africa, these countries are now also classified as experiencing community transmission of clade Ib MPXV. • Since the last report, at least five cases of mpox due to clade Ib MPXV have been detected among individuals who self-identify as men who have sex with men. These cases provide the first evidence of previously undetected circulation, of this virus strain within this at-risk population, in which only clade IIb MPXV had been reported since 2022, and across different regions. • In light of expanding community transmission of clade Ib MPXV and its detection among men who have sex with men, WHO currently assesses the public health risk as moderate for men who have sex with men and low for the general population in contexts outside historically endemic areas.  Media contacts:  You are receiving this NO-REPLY email because you are included on a WHO mail list.  |
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