The virus has killed at least 500 people in Africa.
The Liberian-flagged cargo ship is anchored in the Parana River after the suspected case A cargo ship on Argentina’s Parana River has been quarantined amid a suspected case of mpox. It was reported that one of the crew, of Indian nationality, showed ‘cyst-like skin lesions predominantly on the chest and face’ and the person has been isolated from other crew members. The news comes as health authorities around the world are on high alert over the spread of the clade 1 mpox variant.
’ August 19, 2024 11:11 pm 50,000 vaccines to be donated to Africa Brooke Davies Emergent BioSolutions said on Monday it would donate 50,000 doses of its vaccine, ACAM2000, to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and other impacted countries of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda to address the current mpox outbreak.
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