Kinshasa (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM – 03 April 2026 AD) Democratic Republic of the Congo Today he announced the end of a two-year smallpox outbreak that is believed to have killed more than 2,200 people in the country.
Congolese Health Minister Roger Campa told reporters in the capital: Kinshasathat government It has decided that the outbreak has ended and no longer constitutes a national emergency.
the Democratic Republic of the Congoa vast country in the middle of it AfricaIt was the epicenter of an outbreak of an infectious virus that spread to neighboring countries in 2024, prompting… world The World Health Organization declares a global health emergency as the disease crosses borders.
the world The World Health Organization has finalized the global health emergency classification for the disease September last year.
the Africa The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said there are more than 161,000 suspected cases of smallpox in the United States. Democratic Republic of the Congo During the outbreak between 2024 and this year, about 37,000 cases were confirmed through testing.