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Exclusive-US to donate 1 million mpox vaccine doses to halt outbreak in Africa
U.S. President Joe Biden will announce on Tuesday the donation of 1 million mpox vaccine doses and at least $500 million to African countries to support their response to the outbreak, according to a senior administration official.
US to donate 1 million mpox vaccines to Africa — Biden
The United States plans to donate one million doses of the mpox vaccine to African nations facing an epidemic of the virus, President Joe Biden said Tuesday. An international emergency was declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) last month after the surge in cases of a new strain of mpox in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has spread to nearby countries.
Report: US to donate 1m mpox vaccine doses to Africa
United States President Joe Biden will reportedly announce on Tuesday the donation of 1 million mpox vaccine doses to support their response to the outbreak.
Biden to announce 1 mn mpox vaccine doses, $500 mn for Africa amid global health emergency
Biden will make the announcement in New York, where he is attending the United Nations General Assembly, and call on other countries to follow suit, according to a report
First doses of mpox vaccine from the United States arrive in Congo
Last week, the first batch of mpox vaccines arrived in the capital of Congo, the center of the outbreak. The 100,000 doses of the JYNNEOS vaccine, manufactured by the Danish company Bavarian Nordic, were donated by the EU through HERA, the bloc’s agency for health emergencies. Another 100,000 were delivered over the weekend.
US to donate 1 million mpox vaccine doses to halt outbreak in Africa
U.S. President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday the donation of 1 million mpox vaccine doses and at least $500 million to African countries to support their response to the outbreak. Biden made the announcement at the United Nations General Assembly in New York,
US to donate 1M mpox vaccine doses to help halt outbreak in Africa
In August, the World Health Organization declared mpox a global public health emergency for the second time in two years.
Rwanda begins vaccinations against mpox amid a call for more doses for Africa
The African health agency says that Rwanda has started a vaccination campaign against mpox with 1,000 doses it obtained from Nigeria under a bilateral agreement
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First doses of mpox vaccine from the United States arrive in Congo
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India reports first case of mpox from fast-spreading clade 1b variety
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