The tiny island nation off the African coast faces a very grave public health threat — as Clade 1b is spreading out of control now, in the coastal cities.
We had already mentioned this story earlier his Spring, but without USAID, this has all continued to accelerate — rather than having been quickly arrested. Here’s the latest, from the usual UK outlets:
…More than 3,000 cases of mpox have been recorded in Madagascar after the virus spread from a single port city to some of the country’s busiest coastal hubs.
A total of 3,022 cases and 20 deaths have been recorded as of this week, with cases in Toamasina and Taolagnaro accounting for more than half of all diagnoses.
The outbreak has been linked to Clade 1b mpox, a strain that emerged in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2024, prompting the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare a global public health emergency at the time.
“The main factor driving the continued spread of the disease is human mobility, seeding new outbreaks in areas where the virus has not circulated before,” said Professor Carlos Maluquer de Motes of the University of Surrey….
Now you know — with ice skating ahead this evening, with grand-nieces, before they fly off to Costa Rica — kinda’ like Abrego Garcia. Smile. . . .
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