Angola has registered 19 new cases of mpox in the last 24 hours in eight provinces of the country, totaling 107 active cases, today announced the Angolan Ministry of Health (MINSA).
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23/09/2026
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Sfollowing the ministry, in the context of epidemiological surveillance of the virus (monkeypox) in Angola, new cases were recorded in the provinces of the eastern moxico (5), Luanda (5), Cabinda (3), Moxico (2) and Huambo, Icolo and Bengo, Namibe and Uíge with one case each.
With the new records, the country currently accounts for 107 active cases of mpox, it refers in a statement.
According to the MINSA, in the same period four medical discharges were registered, namely three in the province of Moxico East and one in Cabinda, stressing that it maintains the strengthening of epidemiological surveillance, prevention, diagnosis, monitoring and response to mpox.
The Angolan Ministry of Health declared on September 10 that the country is experiencing an outbreak of mpox, with the record of two deaths from a cumulative total of 442 confirmed cases since 2024.