On December 30, the Ministry of Public Health of Madagascar reported 5 confirmed cases of monkeypox in the country's northwestern city of Mahajanga. The Minister of Public Health of Madagascar, Monilla Manania, said in a video report on the same day that these cases were diagnosed on the 29th after being sampled and tested by the Malagasy Medical Analysis Laboratory and the Institut Pasteur de Madagascar. The notification did not disclose the details of the confirmed cases.

On December 30, the Ministry of Public Health of Madagascar reported 5 confirmed cases of monkeypox in the country's northwestern city of Mahajanga. The Minister of Public Health of Madagascar, Monilla Manania, said in a video report on the same day that these cases were diagnosed on the 29th after being sampled and tested by the Malagasy Medical Analysis Laboratory and the Institut Pasteur de Madagascar. The notification did not disclose the details of the confirmed cases.