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SOURCE: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES The country hopes to begin vaccinations on October 8 but faces huge logistical challenges. The first shipment of nearly 100,000 doses of mpox vaccines is expected to arrive in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Thursday. The Central African country of about 100 million people is at the epicentre of an mpox ...

By:Simi Jolaoso & Glody Murhabazi With mpox being declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization because of its rapid spread, all eyes have been on the Democratic Republic of Congo, which accounts for nearly all of this year’s recorded cases and more than 450 deaths. In visits to treatment centres in the east of ...

By Mqondisi Dube GABORONE, BOTSWANA — Health officials in Botswana have started screening travelers for mpox at the country’s entry points. Neighboring South Africa has recorded three deaths as a result of the dangerous strain of mpox, and Botswana is anxious to keep out the rapidly spreading disease. “Although we have not recorded any case of mpox in Botswana, I ...

Nearly 27,000 cases of mpox have been found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with about 1,100 deaths. The World Health Organization (WHO) has called an emergency meeting to discuss a jump in mpox cases spreading from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made the announcement on Wednesday, amid an outbreak that has seen nearly ...