posted by mike kraft
on Mon, 2024-08-19 18:33
The Congo is set to receive its first batch of vaccine doses from the United States to combat the ongoing mpox outbreak next week, the country's health minister said in a press conference on Monday.
The vital need for vaccines comes as the World Health Organization (WHO) declared mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, a global health emergency last week following outbreaks of the virus in Africa.
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WHO seeks mpox vaccine production surge
WHO seeks mpox vaccine production surge (medicalxpress.com)
...We do need the manufacturers to really scale up so that we've got access to many, many more vaccines," WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris told reporters.
The WHO is asking countries with mpox vaccine stockpiles to donate them to countries with ongoing outbreaks. ...