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First mpox vaccines due in DR Congo on Thursday
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9/5/2024
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It's a much-anticipated vaccine, which is finally on its way to the Democratic Republic
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of Congo. The WHO announced the imminent deployment of the first batch of Mpox doses.
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DRC's Ministry of Health plans to begin deploying the vaccines this weekend. WHO is working
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with our partners to coordinate vaccine demands, share information on those doses available
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and ensure those doses are directed to areas where they can contribute to controlling the
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outbreak.
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The Mpox vaccine was donated by the European Union to the Democratic Republic of Congo,
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with over 19,000 cases and more than 650 deaths reported since the beginning of the year.
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It is the hardest-hit country on the African continent, where in total 16 countries have
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reported an Mpox outbreak.
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Previously known as monkeypox, this infectious disease was discovered in 1958. It is transmitted
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to humans by infected animals, but can be passed from human to human through close physical
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contact. The disease causes symptoms like a fever, muscle pains and painful skin lesions.
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The fatality rate ranges from 1 to 11 percent.
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The WHO, which had declared an emergency over the spread of an Mpox strain two years ago,
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had lifted the alert in 2023.
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But the resurgence of the virus, fuelled by the new, more contagious and deadlier strain,
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clad 1B, prompted the WHO to activate its highest level of alert last month.
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Other countries like Spain have pledged to send as many as 500,000 doses and France and
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Germany 100,000 each.
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