The World Health Organization (WHO) today recommended that countries affected by mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) begin vaccination programs in areas where cases have been reported. An outbreak of mpox in the Democratic Republic of Congo, caused by the clade 1b strain, and also affecting Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda, was the reason the WHO declared a public health emergency on 14 August of international concern, the highest level of health alert. The Democratic Republic of Congo hopes to receive its first doses of mpox vaccine by next week, following pledges from the United States and Japan to help it fight the outbreak, Congo’s health minister said today. The WHO had taken a similar decision in 2022 when an epidemic, then caused by the clade 2b strain, spread worldwide. The lifting of the alarm took place in May 2023, but the […]
Source: News Beast
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