DRC To Receive Japan’s Mpox Vaccine For Children Next Week, Africa CDC Says

Reuters (12/12, Miridzhanian) reports, “Democratic Republic of Congo should start to receive three million doses of mpox vaccine from Japan next week that can be used on children, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Thursday.” The vaccine “will be used on children aged zero to five, [Africa CDC Director General Jean] Kaseya said.” The vaccine “is administered using a bifurcated needle, a technique that involves pricking the skin 15 times to deliver the vaccine.” Over the “weekend, a delegation from Japan will come to Congo to carry out training for health workers who are not used to this method, the head of Congo’s National Institute for Public Health, Dieudonne Mwamba, said.”