The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday Nigeria was the first African country to receive mpox vaccines.
WHO regional office said in a statement that Nigeria received 10,000 doses of mpox vaccines to check the spread of the new strain of mpox virus on Tuesday.
The United States government donated the Jynneos (MVA) vaccine to Nigeria and it would be distributed in five states where the most mpox cases have been detected.
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