Congo says it will receive its first mpox vaccines next week to address new global emergency
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Associated Press
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s health minister says the country will receive the first vaccine doses to address its mpox outbreak next week from the United States. That comes less than a week after the World Health Organization declared mpox outbreaks in Africa a global emergency. Mpox cases have been confirmed among children and adults in more than a dozen African countries, and a new form of the virus is spreading. Few vaccine doses are available on the continent. Congo has most of the mpox cases and currently needs 3 million vaccine doses. Its health minister didn’t say how many doses will be sent.