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GENEVA: The World Health Organisation (WHO) announced that mpox vaccines will soon arrive in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to combat a new virus strain. WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the first vaccine delivery is expected within days, with more doses to follow. WHO official Tim Nguyen mentioned that 230,000 mpox vaccine […]

LONDON: The World Health Organisation said on Friday its partners like Gavi and UNICEF can start buying mpox vaccines before they are approved in a bid to get inoculations to Africa faster as the continent battles an escalating outbreak of the virus, Reuters reported. Traditionally, organisations like Gavi, the vaccine alliance, which helps lower-income countries […]