A test tube labelled "Mpox virus positive" is held in this illustration taken August 20, 2024. /Reuters
First batch of mpox vaccine doses arrives in DR Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo received its first batch of pox vaccines on Thursday. Health authorities hope the vaccines will help curb an outbreak that has prompted a UN declaration of a global public health emergency.
A plane carrying doses manufactured by Bavarian Nordic and donated by the European Union touched down in the capital Kinshasa around 13:00 local time (12:00 GMT), Reuters reporters at the airport said.
This first delivery amounts to 99,000 doses and a further delivery on Saturday will take the total to 200,000 doses, said Laurent Muschel, the head of the EU Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority.
