1st doses of mpox vaccine from US arrive in Congo
Nurses working in fear: BBC visits mpox frontline
Medical staff on the front line of the battle against mpox in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have told the BBC they are desperate for vaccines to arrive so they can stem the rate of new infections.
Congo Receives First Doses of Mpox Vaccine From US
Amid a global health emergency over mpox, Congo has received 50,000 doses of the mpox vaccine from the United States on Tuesday. Speaking to The Associated Press, Cris Kacita Osako, coordinator of Congo's Monkeypox Response Committee,
First doses of mpox vaccine from the United States arrive in Congo
Last week, the first batch of mpox vaccines arrived in the capital of Congo, the center of the outbreak. The 100,000 doses of the JYNNEOS vaccine, manufactured by the Danish company Bavarian Nordic, were donated by the EU through HERA, the bloc’s agency for health emergencies. Another 100,000 were delivered over the weekend.
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Mpox vaccines arrive in Congo
But first … Congo receives the first doses of the long-awaited mpox vaccine Mpox vaccines are finally arriving in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where a record surge in infections spilling into neighboring countries spurred the World Health Organization to declare a global health emergency.
Mpox vaccination to begin in Congo next month
Since the start of 2024 there has been a sharp escalation in both infections and fatalities across the continent.
DR Congo Gets 50,000 Mpox Vaccine Delivery From US
Democratic Republic of Congo received on Tuesday 50,000 more vaccine doses from the United States to fight the country's mpox epidemic, adding to some 200,000 donated by the European Union.
First doses of mpox vaccine from US arrive in DR Congo
Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo said that 50,000 doses of mpox vaccine from the United States arrived in the country on Tuesday, a week after the first batch arrived from the European Union.
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