DRC Gets First Mpox Vaccine Shipment & Issues EUA Ahead Of WHO Listing

The Democratic Republic of Congo, the country worst hit by the mpox crisis, has now received the first batch of vaccines for the disease. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization is expected to complete its review for emergency use listing of mpox vaccines soon.

The first mpox vaccines have arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo • Source: Shutterstock

A large portion of the 215,000 or so doses of the mpox vaccine Jynneos that the EU and the product’s developer Bavarian Nordic are donating as an immediate response to the disease’s outbreak in Africa has arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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DRC Gets First Mpox Vaccine Shipment & Issues EUA Ahead Of WHO Listing

 

The Democratic Republic of Congo, the country worst hit by the mpox crisis, has now received the first batch of vaccines for the disease. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization is expected to complete its review for emergency use listing of mpox vaccines soon.