Congo To Receive First Delivery Of Mpox Vaccine Doses On Thursday

Reuters (9/4, Rolley, Rigby) reports, “Democratic Republic of Congo, epicentre of an mpox outbreak that prompted a U.N. declaration of a global public health emergency, said it expects to receive its first delivery of vaccine doses on Thursday and a second delivery on Saturday.” At a press conference on Wednesday, “WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus confirmed the doses were due to arrive in Congo.” The vaccine doses “are manufactured by Bavarian Nordic and donated by the European Union.”