Democratic Republic of Congo reports more than 1,000 new mpox cases in a week

A health worker attends to an mpox patient at a treatment centre in Munigi, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Moses Sawasawa/AP)

The Democratic Republic of the Congo has reported more than 1,000 new mpox cases in the last week up to Tuesday as African health authorities asked for desperately needed vaccines to help fight its “growing” threat on the continent.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the outbreaks in Africa a global emergency.