Mpox vaccinations for adults began this week in the DRC. However, the campaigns excluded children, the most vulnerable group, from the mpox vaccination campaign.. Delays in vaccine availability caused this. The delays stemmed from ongoing talks over liability issues surrounding a donation of three million LC16m8 doses from Japan.The two countries delayed the vaccine, developed […]
The UK has confirmed a recent case of mpox, once known as monkeypox. This virus belongs to Clade 1b, which spreads more easily between people. This case is connected to an oubreak in Africa. The patient has confirmed to have travelled to an affected area in Africa. One day after returning, the patient developed flue-like […]
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) hopes to receive its first mpox vaccine doses by next week. This follows pledges of support from the United States and Japan to help tackle the outbreak. The World Health Organization recently renewed its global public health emergency declaration for mpox. This is due to the high spread […]
Sweden and Pakistan have both reported cases of pox. At least two nations outside of Africa have reported pox cases. This is since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the virus a “public health emergency” earlier this week. Clade 1, a relatively new virus variant, has spread in African countries since 2022. Earlier this year, […]
