African health agency says mpox vaccinations could start within days
Africa could start mpox vaccinations within days, health agency says
Africa could start mpox vaccinations within days, health agency says
WHO upgraded the disease to ‘public health emergency of international concern’ this week
Person infected while staying in part of Africa where there was a large outbreak of the disease
Variant of virus causing concern in Africa, and now detected in Sweden, different to strain seen in State in 2022
Decision comes after fresh outbreak of virus in DRC, with more than 500 deaths linked to illness in Africa this year
Move signals mpox crisis, spread through direct contact with body fluids and causes pus-filled skin lesions, has come under control
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State currently has vaccines to treat only 10 per cent of estimated 6,000 to 6,500 people identified as at risk
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No details about when vaccine roll-out will start, who will be responsible for administering it nor where they would take place have been provided
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