Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana Now Mpox Hot-Zones

A recent report from the ECOWAS Regional Centre for Surveillance and Disease Control has identified Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire, and Ghana as current hot zones for monkeypox, with 44 confirmed cases and one death recorded in the sub-region as of the end of Epidemiological Week 33 in 2024.

The National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL) recently told the public that it had informed the outbreak of the virus in Liberia with five confirmed cases. There have been confirmed cases in several other…