Mpox vaccines to arrive in DR Congo, WHO says

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00:00It's an announcement that will come as a relief for many living in the DRC,

00:03which has seen a surge in mpox cases, as well as further refilled.

00:07On Friday, the director general of the WHO said that vaccines against the disease

00:12would soon arrive in the country.

00:15On the vaccines, some of the vaccines will arrive in the next few days in DRC.

00:24He added that he believes that the outbreaks in Africa can be stopped in the next six months.

00:30According to another WHO official, tens of thousands of doses,

00:34including some donated by Danish drugmaker Bavarian Nordic, are ready to be dispatched.

00:40So what we understand right now is from HERA that they have procured 175,000 doses of

00:47MVABN vaccine. In addition, the manufacturer Bavarian Nordic is donating another 40,000

00:56doses to these quantities that we understand are immediately available to be dispatched

01:03to affected regions.

01:06Earlier in August, the organisation declared the disease a global public health emergency

01:11after an outbreak in the DRC that spread to nearby countries, including Burundi.

01:16This year, more than 18,000 suspected cases have been recorded in the DRC,

01:20with more than 600 deaths, sparking concern among residents.

01:24People here are beginning to be afraid of this epidemic, but there's already a cure so it's OK.

01:33We want them to give us more vaccines so that this disease disappears completely.

01:39Mpox has been identified in Africa since 2022, but the current outbreak has seen a surge in

01:45cases caused by clade 1A and 1B, which are more serious strains. Cases of the disease have also

01:51been reported beyond the African continent, including in Sweden, where a case was detected

01:56earlier this month.

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