Zambia confirms 36 mpox cases since October outbreak

Zambia confirms 36 mpox cases since October outbreak

LUSAKA, April 2 (Xinhua) -- Zambia's confirmed mpox cases have risen to 36 since the outbreak was declared in the southern African country in October last year, the Ministry of Health said Wednesday, following five new cases recorded in the past week. Read full story

Sierra Leone started on Wednesday, April 2, 2025 its campaign of vaccination against mpox disease, after an increase in the number of cases in this West African country, learned the AFP from the Ministry of Health. Primary health workers in the event of epidemics and children older than [...] Read more Health: This African country launches a campaign of vaccination against MPox appeared first on L-FRII.

Sierra Leone starts mpox vaccination as cases rise

Sierra Leone on Wednesday started injecting frontline health care workers and high-risk individuals and children from age 12 with a preventive mpox vaccination after securing 61,300 doses from the World Health Organization and development partners.