Congo welcomes 1st mpox vaccine batch: Is it
The first shipment of mpox vaccine arrived in the Congolese capital on Thursday, three weeks after the World Health Organization declared outbreaks in 12 African countries a global emergency.
The European Union, through its emergency center HERA, donated 100,000 doses of the JYNNEOS vaccine, produced by Danish Bavarian Nordic.
Another 100,000 doses are expected to arrive on Saturday, according to Congolese authorities.
UNICEF will monitor the vaccination campaign in the hardest-hit provinces,…