Congo’s Mpox Vaccination Campaign To Take Longer Than Anticipated, Official Says

Reuters (10/18, Katanty) reported, “Congo needs to do more to raise awareness about mpox and the availability of vaccines, an official with the response team said on Thursday, warning the campaign to distribute the shots would take longer than anticipated.” The country’s “mpox vaccination campaign launched this month in the hard-hit east.” One “Reuters reporter at a vaccination site in North Kivu province found that locals seemed unaware or suspicious of the shots.” Congo mpox response team head Cris Kacita “said more needed to be done to boost vaccine uptake, adding that the ongoing vaccination campaign would last longer than the planned 10 days.”