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Since the start of the monkeypox outbreak, and as of 4 October 2022, 20 248 confirmed cases of monkeypox (MPX) have been reported from 29 EU/EEA countries.

This report provides an overview of the total number of cases of monkeypox reported to ECDC and the WHO Regional Office for Europe through IHR/EWRS mechanisms .

WHO/Europe has launched a series of new policy briefs on monkeypox for the WHO European Region.

The European Centre of Disease Prevention and Control has today released the Rapid Risk Assessment Monkeypox multi-country outbreak - first update. Since early May 2022 and as of 7 July, cases of monkeypox have been reported in twenty-six European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) countries.

Cases of monkeypox have been continuously reported across the European region since the initial reports on 16 May. Due to this ongoing transmission, and following guidance published for event organisers and people at risk, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has today published Considerations for contact tracing during the monkeypox outbreak in Europe, 2022.

Since the start of the outbreak: A total of 1 158 cases have been confirmed in the EU/EEA and 1 882 cases have been confirmed worldwide (including the EU/EEA).

Since the last update on 31 May 2022, 384 monkeypox cases have been reported from 16 EU/EEA countries and 238 monkeypox cases have been reported from 8 non-EU/EEA countries.

As of 16 May 2022, there is a multi-country outbreak of monkeypox affecting the UK, EU/EEA states, and North America. As of 20 May 2022, there have been a total of 36 confirmed cases reported worldwide.

This report presents an update of monkeypox confirmed cases in the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) and worldwide.

Several cases of monkeypox have been confirmed in Europe, including an EU Member State (Portugal).