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Congo receives first doses of mpox vaccine from US

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50,000 doses of the mpox vaccine arrived in Congo from the United States as vaccinations are expected to begin on October 2.

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  1. Newsweek

    Mpox vaccines reach Congo—millions more are needed (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    The first batch of 100,000 doses of the mpox vaccine was delivered to Congo on Thursday.

  2. NPR

    First doses of mpox vaccines arrive at the heart of Africa's outbreak. What took so long? (opens NPR)

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    NPR's feed description

    Congo has over 20,000 cases of mpox and hundreds of deaths mostly in children but until now, zero vaccines. A plane load of doses donated from the EU landed in Kinshasa Thursday.

  3. Al Jazeera

    DR Congo expects first shipment of mpox vaccines to arrive on Thursday (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    The country hopes to start vaccinations in October but faces huge logistical challenges as doses need to be kept cold.

  4. Voice of America

    First mpox vaccines due in DR Congo on Thursday (opens Voice of America)

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    Voice of America's feed description

    The country of around 100 million people is at the epicenter of the mpox outbreak, with cases and deaths rising

  5. CBS News

    Congo gets first desperately needed mpox vaccines, but vaccination campaign faces huge challenges (opens CBS News)

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    Congo finally gets vaccines, but stopping the world's worst mpox outbreak will be a race against time, and there are plenty of hurdles.

  6. Courthouse News Service

    Mpox epicenter Congo receives first vaccines to contain outbreak (opens Courthouse News Service)

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    Courthouse News Service's feed description

    Mpox is now present in 13 African countries, including Burundi, Congo-Brazzaville and the Central African Republic, according to the Africa CDC.

  7. NBC News

    First 100,000 doses of mpox vaccine reach Congo, but it's a fraction of what's needed (opens NBC News)

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    The first batch of mpox vaccine arrived in Congo on Thursday, three weeks after the World Health Organization declared mpox outbreaks in 12 African countries a global emergency.

  8. Deutsche Welle

    Mpox doses to start to arrive in Congo – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    A cargo plane carrying tens of thousands of mpox vaccines is set to arrive at the Kinshasa International Airport. Congo is at the center of the epidemic declared a global health emergency by the WHO.

  9. The Republic

    The first 100,000 doses of mpox vaccine reach Congo. But it's a fraction of what is needed (opens The Republic)

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    KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The first batch of mpox vaccine arrived in Congo’s capital on Thursday, the country’s authorities said, three weeks after the World Health Organization declared mpox outbreaks in 12 African countries a global emergency.

  10. Fortune

    Congo received its first 100,000 mpox vaccine doses—now it just needs 2.9 million more to end the outbreak (opens Fortune)

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    Fortune's feed description

    It just received its first 100,000 doses, but it's a drop in the bucket.

  11. Al Jazeera

    DR Congo receives first shipment of mpox vaccines (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    The Democratic Republic of the Congo has received its first batch of mpox vaccines.

  12. KOB 4

    Vaccinations against mpox in Congo will begin next month, authorities say (opens KOB 4)

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    Authorities say a vaccination campaign against mpox in Congo will begin Oct. 2, with workers focusing on the three most affected provinces first. Adults in Equateur, South Kivu and Sankuru provinces will be vaccinated first, the coordinator of Congo’s Monkeypox Response Committee tells The Associate…

  13. Newsweek

    Congo receives first doses of mpox vaccine from US (opens Newsweek)

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    50,000 doses of the mpox vaccine arrived in Congo from the United States as vaccinations are expected to begin on October 2.

  14. Voice of America

    First doses of mpox vaccine from US arrive in DR Congo (opens Voice of America)

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    Voice of America's feed description

    Adults in the three most-affected provinces will be vaccinated first

  15. The Republic

    First doses of mpox vaccine from the United States arrive in Congo (opens The Republic)

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    The Republic's feed description

    KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Authorities in Congo said that 50,000 doses of mpox vaccine from the United States arrived in the country on Tuesday, a week after the first batch arrived from the European Union.

  16. MedicalXpress

    DR Congo gets 50,000 mpox vaccine delivery from US (opens MedicalXpress)

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    MedicalXpress's feed description

    Democratic Republic of Congo received on Tuesday 50,000 more vaccine doses from the United States to fight the country

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