Highlights
• Since the last situation report published on 1 December, 1517 new cases (1.9% increase in total cases)
and 10 new deaths have been reported.
• Mpox has been endorsed as a new name for monkeypox disease. The new name has been included as a
synonym in ICD-10 on 2 December 2022 and will be included in ICD-11 from January 2023.
• The call for expressions of interest for countries to receive a donation of tecovirimat for Emergency Use
under the MEURI framework V1.0 closed on 6 December 2022. A total of 20 countries from four regions
have submitted expressions of interest for the program.
• Multi-disciplinary country support missions to Nigeria and the Central Africa Republic have been
conducted by WHO to lend support to optimizing surveillance and other areas of monkeypox response.
Highlights
• Since the last situation report published on 1 December, 1517 new cases (1.9% increase in total cases)
and 10 new deaths have been reported.
• Mpox has been endorsed as a new name for monkeypox disease. The new name has been included as a
synonym in ICD-10 on 2 December 2022 and will be included in ICD-11 from January 2023.
• The call for expressions of interest for countries to receive a donation of tecovirimat for Emergency Use
under the MEURI framework V1.0 closed on 6 December 2022. A total of 20 countries from four regions
have submitted expressions of interest for the program.
• Multi-disciplinary country support missions to Nigeria and the Central Africa Republic have been
conducted by WHO to lend support to optimizing surveillance and other areas of monkeypox response.
