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The Peru Ministry of Health reported 85 additional confirmed monkeypox cases on Friday, bringing the country total to 1,022.
Sixteen regions in Peru have reported cases with the Lima metropolitan area accounts 82 percent of the country’s total (841).
Peru is one of nine South American countries to report monkeypox.
Peru reports more than 15,000 malaria cases in 2022 to date
Globally, 41,358 total cases have been reported in 94 countries, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with the bulk of cases and countries in locations that have not historically reported monkeypox.
Brazil lifts registration requirements for monkeypox vaccines
Honduras reports dozens of mucormycosis in past year, Many associated to COVID-19
Panama dengue and hantavirus cases 7 months into 2022
Brazil: 132,000 dengue fever cases reported in Paraná this season
