Monkeypox Cases Worldwide 2024 Olympics. Since the start of may, the who has confirmed more than 1,000 monkeypox cases across 29 countries outside west and central africa, where the virus is endemic. Kenya, rwanda and uganda, which had not previously reported any cases since.

Cases continue to be in people who are not vaccinated or. So far in 2024, more than 18,000 suspected or confirmed cases of mpox have been recorded on the african continent.