Zambia has confirmed 367 mpox cases since the disease first appeared in October 2024, health authorities said on January 16. The cases were identified from over 2,000 suspected infections across 46 districts in nine of the country’s ten provinces. Three mpox-related deaths have been reported so far.

Confirmed mpox cases in Africa have surged by over 500 percent this year compared to the total for all of last year, with the number of affected countries rising to 19, according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), News.Az reports citing Reuters .

No cases of monkeypox infection have been registered in Azerbaijan, according to the country's Ministry of Health
, News.az reports.