Mpox outbreak: Congo likely to get first delivery of vaccine doses on Thursday

Mpox Vaccine doses to be delivered to Congo on Thursday

The head of Democratic Republic of Congo's mpox outbreak response said on Wednesday that Congo expects to receive its first delivery of mpox vaccine doses on Thursday and a second delivery on Saturday.

Congo is the epicentre of an mpox outbreak that the World Health Organization declared to be a global public health emergency last month, but efforts to curb the spread of the disease have been hampered by a lack of vaccines.

"We'll receive the first batch on Sept. 5 and a second one on Sept. 7," response chief Cris Kacita told Reuters in a message.