Africa's Centre for Disease Control set to roll out mpox vaccine

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00:00Now Africa Centers for Disease Control or the CDC says that it's just days away from starting

00:06mpox vaccinations in countries on the front line of the viral outbreak that began in DR Congo last

00:13September. At least 16,700 cases and 570 fatalities have been logged in the country this year so far.

00:22The surge has been declared an international health emergency by the WHO but it is also

00:29stressing that risks of its spread are not comparable to those that powered the COVID-19

00:35outbreak as treatments for mpox are available. France is donating 100,000 vaccines to affected

00:42countries, the US has pledged 50,000 to Kinshasa and the African Union sending 200,000 more vaccine

00:49doses across the continent. Mpox cases have also been detected in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda

00:56and Uganda since July. Cross-border travellers in the region are keenly aware of the risks.

01:05I'm afraid that I might get the virus as I travel because the government does not cater to us.

01:09We have traffic jams from Mombasa to Malaba but there's no screening until we reach the border.

01:14After having dealt with the COVID-19 and then we have this,

01:19yeah it could be scary a little bit because we don't know how far this can stretch and

01:25so personally I haven't experienced that and none of my close friends or relatives

01:30have got in touch with this virus but I just hope this is dealt with.

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