Democratic Republic of the Congo: 5 261 cases (25 deaths)

Burundi: 696 cases

Nigeria: 55 cases

Central African Republic: 54 cases (1 death)

Côte d’Ivoire: 52 cases (1 death)

South Africa: 25 (3 deaths)

Uganda: 22 cases

Congo: 21 cases

Liberia: 12 cases

Cameroon: 6 cases (2 deaths)

Rwanda: 6 cases

Kenya: 5 cases

Gabon: 2 cases

Morocco: 2 cases

Guinea: 1 case

Advice to Travellers

If you are travelling to countries where mpox is present you should:

• practise careful hand hygiene if you are visiting or caring for ill friends and relatives

• avoid contact with monkeys and rodents (rats, mice and squirrels) and avoid eating undercooked meat from these animals
• wear protective clothing, including gloves, if you are involved in the slaughter or care of animals in these regions

If you are travelling to any destination and will be sexually active during travel (including GBMSM) you should:

• be aware of the risk of mpox
• practise safe sex 
• avoid close, including sexual contact, with someone who is unwell and may have mpox.

Seek medical advice during or for 21 days after travelling if you develop symptoms of mpox and have had close contact with someone who may have mpox, or have returned from from a country where mpox is present

• make sure you are checked for malaria if you are returning from a country where mpox is present with a fever or flu-like illness

While a vaccine specifically against mpox is not available, the smallpox vaccine provides some protection.

• for information about the vaccine, see NHS inform (Scotland) and NHS.UK (rest of UK)

For further information on the disease and how you can protect yourself, see the Mpox, Sexual Health Risks and LGBT travellers pages.

Advice to travellers will be updated as appropriate.

*For health professionals: the United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA) classifies Clade I mpox (Central Africa) as a high consequence infectious disease (HCID). Operational case definitions are published here.