DR Congo receives its first batch of nearly 100,000 doses of mpox vaccine
- The Democratic Republic of Congo will receive its first batch of nearly 100,000 doses of mpox vaccines on Thursday, according to the African Union's health watchdog.
- Jean Kaseya of the Africa Centres for Disease Control expressed, “We are very pleased with the arrival of this first batch of vaccines in the DRC.”
- The vaccine doses are being transported from Copenhagen and are set to arrive at Kinshasa's international airport on Thursday at 1100 GMT.
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DRC receives first batch of 100,000 doses of mpox vaccine
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Congo Receives Long-Awaited Mpox Vaccine Doses
KINSHASA, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo received its first batch of mpox vaccines on Thursday, which health authorities hope will help curb an outbreak that has prompted the U.N. to declare a global public health emergency.
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