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Today, Wednesday, the African Public Health Authority announced a rapid increase in smallpox cases, with about 4,000 new cases recorded last week and 81 deaths, bringing the total number of cases to 22,863 cases and 622 deaths, according to “ African Public Health Authority”. Premium Times Nigeria website.”
The head of the African Centers for Disease Control, Jean Cassia, confirmed that the vaccines scheduled to arrive this week were delayed due to documentation and licensing problems.
This comes despite Western pledges to provide 380,000 doses of anti-virus vaccine, less than 15 percent of the required doses.
Despite the rapid response of rich countries after the outbreak of the disease outside the African continent in 2022, only a few batches of vaccines reached Africa.
The first batch of vaccines, including 50,000 doses from the United States and 15,000 doses from the Vaccine Alliance (GAVI), is expected to arrive on September 1. Congo also requested two million doses of vaccines for children from Japan.
It is worth noting that the new mutant of the virus, discovered for the first time in the Congo, has caused a significant increase in the transmission of the infection.
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2024-09-01 20:53:28