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US Donates 10,000 Doses of Mpox Vaccine to Nigeria
The United States of America, on Tuesday, donated 10,000 doses of the Jynneos vaccine to Nigeria. Jynneos is said to be the approved vaccine by the Food and Drug Administration for the prevention of smallpox and mpox in adults aged 18 years and older who are at risk of mpox infection. The Coordinating Minister of…
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Africa Centre for Disease Control Declares Mpox a Health Emergency (video)
The Africa Centre for Disease Control (Africa CDC) on Tuesday, August 13, declared the debilitating Mpox outbreak across the continent, particularly in and around the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a health emergency. The outbreak has surged in several African nations, with the DRC being hit the hardest. A new strain of the virus, first…