AFRICA SOON TO START VACCINATING PEOPLE CONTACTED WITH MPOX

Africa’s top public health agency says the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and other countries on the continent could start vaccinating against mpox within days.The DRC is the epicentre of a more deadly strain of the virus that emerged last year and has subsequently spread to some 12 other African states, with confirmed cases in at least 3 countries outside the continent. Last week, the World Health Organization declared the spread of the new strain a public health emergency of international concern.