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erviss.org (ECDC) writes: “The increase in influenza infections is primarily seen in children 5–14 years old. Influenza A is dominant, with A(H3) accounting for most of the subtyped detections this week”.
Data is normally lagging a week or two as sequencing takes time.

This article describes J.2.4.1 as the subclade K. utppublishing.com/doi/pdf/10.3...

I think so - but not a virologist. No sign in other reports public in the EU yet.

But even though we have significant drift - protection on severe disease is probably still fine, but more people could be infected leading to an overall larger wave.

www.gov.uk/government/s...

Books normally has word count of +70.000. Keep writing 😉.

Thank you for the updated article. The new figures are nice. Is there an outbreak centrered in female sex workers or is because women are more likely to seek medical advice (maternal care etc.)?

Genomic epidemiology of Mpox virus in Sierra Leone This post has been updated to include new sequences, new analysis, and revised estimates. Background Sierra Leone confirmed its first Mpox case on January 10, 2025, with the Minister of Health declar...

We have updated estimates for the Mpox outbreak in Sierra Leone. We estimate that the G.1 lineage started to diversify in SL around 16 November, suggesting 1-2 months of circulation before detection. G.1's estimated growth corresponds to a doubling time of ~2 weeks: virological.org/t/genomic-ep...

Explosive mpox outbreak in Sierra Leone overwhelms health systems Rapid transmission through sexual networks raises fears of wider spread in the region

Also this fine article by @kakape.bsky.social on the situation in Sierra Leone: www.science.org/content/arti...

Uganda SITREP (29may): https://www.afro.who.int/sites/default/files/2025-05/Ug_Mpox_Sitrep_28May25.pdf






(12/12)

For further reading see:
WHO status report: https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/documents/emergencies/multi-country-outbreak-of-mpox--external-situation-report--53.pdf?sfvrsn=c0920ba_3&download=true
WHO online dashboard: https://worldhealthorg.shinyapps.io/mpx_global/
(11/12)

This continues to increase the potential for further transmission, particularly in Africa.

Mpox remains a virus that primarily spreads within specific networks and among particularly vulnerable groups, either due to high numbers of sexual contacts or general living conditions. (10/12)

In the affected countries, population immunity is declining due to both a decreasing proportion of the population vaccinated against smallpox and annual population growth of approximately 2–3%, which outpaces the number of people being vaccinated or acquiring immunity through infection. (9/12)

In terms of vaccination, a significantly larger supply of vaccines will be required to contain the outbreak and Africa CDC is urgently asking for more vaccines initailly +6 mio. (8/12)

Thus, even though control is being achieved in countries with the initial outbreaks (DRC, Uganda, Burundi), the total disease burden from mpox in Africa continues to rise. (7/12)

Overall, the countries currently experiencing active transmission i still rising over time and now affects more than countries with af population of more than 300 mio. (6/12)

Due to the size of the country, any widespread transmission could significantly increase the overall mpox burden. Ethiopia has generally not experienced large mpox outbreaks in the past. (5/12)

At the Africa CDC meeting, it was also reported that there is now transmission in the southern part of Ethiopia. There is significant concern about preventing further spread in Ethiopia. (4/12)

The paper indicates that the outbreak is primarily driven by young people and sexual networks at this time. While clade is IIb spread pattern looks alot like reports from clade Ib in West Africa
(3/12)

Sierra Leone currently has the highest number of reported cases and now bears the greatest case burden across countries.

@kindrachukjason.bsky.social and colleagues have published a preprint on the demographics of mpox cases in Sierra Leone – https://t.co/D9QosVP1Bq. (2/12)

Brief Update on Mpox in Africa

Africa CDC held its press briefing on health crises in Africa this past Thursday. During the meeting, it was presented that the situation in Sierra Leone shows some signs of decline but remains at a high level of cases. (1/12)

A long thread about mpox and the context specific nature of outbreaks prompted by the large outbreak of MPXV Clade IIb happening at the moment in Sierra Leone:

Latest multicountry WHO report: reliefweb.int/attachments/...

YouTube video by Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention Special Briefing on Mpox & other Health Emergencies || May 22, 2025

African CDC Weekly briefing mpox starts around 8 mins in: youtu.be/y14EKsdJ4qI?...

Here the link to WHO MPOX Dashboard - its updated every 1-2 weeks. worldhealthorg.shinyapps.io/mpx_global/

Myanmar Earthquake Damage - Google My Maps ANY organisation can use this data for any purpose. Notes on methodology: Destroyed locations: All identified destroyed/damaged sites have been identified from satellite imagery. The sites were dete...

I've been going through the imagery and mapping any destroyed/damaged structure, particular rescue priorities (potential mass casualty events) and IDP locations in all the imagery available.
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Please check the map and share widely with anyone who will find it useful.

Uganda discharges the last Ebola patients. No new deaths from the contagious virus reported Uganda health authorities say they discharged the last eight patients who recovered from Ebola

This is remarkable. The last of 8 patients who tested positive for Ebola Sudan has been discharged. Now the 42 day count down to this outbreak being officially declared over is on.
Only 1 fatality is a remarkable feat.🤞
Kudos to front line responders in #Uganda
www.independent.co.uk/news/ebola-u...

Danish Humor at it's best - #healthcareforall also California😁! #MåkeCaliførniaGreatÆgain

South Sudan declares mpox outbreak Juba, 7 February 2025—Today the Ministry of Health has declared a mpox outbreak in Juba, Central Equatoria State. This declaration follows a confirmation mpox Case by the National Public Health Labora...

www.afro.who.int/countries/so... Better source on South Sudan mpox cases than the one cited in the Cidrap.

USDA milk testing shows different strain of H5N1 bird flu in Nevada dairy herds The USDA said four Nevada dairy herds were infected with an H5N1 bird flu strain that has circulated in wild birds, making prospects for containment in cows appear dim.

So there's a new development in the bird flu situation -the bird genotype of the virus (D1.1), which has, in the current panzootic, been responsible for all of the severe cases of H5N1 in humans- has been detected in 4 dairy herds in Nevada. Here's what that could mean:🧵

Please see the risk evaluation guidance docs on Clade Ia and Clade Ib mpox from the WHO Technical Advisory Group on Virus Evolution (www.who.int/groups/techn...)
- excellent work from a great group of colleagues

www.who.int/groups/techn...

#mpox #PHEIC 1/2