Rwanda begins Africa’s first Mpox vaccinations. DRC to start in October as cases and deaths continue to rise.
Mpox vaccines have been administered in Africa for the first time, with several hundred high-risk individuals vaccinated in Rwanda, the African Union’s disease control centre said Thursday.
On a call with reporters, Africa CDC director general Jean Kaseya said vaccinations would start in the DRC in “the first week of October”. WHO’s chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned in a briefing Thursday that they were not dealing with one outbreak, but “several” in different places, caused by different strains.According to the WHO prequalification, the vaccine can be administered to people over the age of 18 as a two-dose injection given four weeks apart.
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