Western partners, including the European Union and the United States, have pledged around 380,000 doses of the vaccine. However, this amount is significantly less than the 3 million doses that Congo’s authorities estimate are needed to control the outbreaks, which are centred in the country.
Laurent Muschel, Director-General of HERA, the EU’s health emergency agency, announced at the airport, “Today, we are delivering 100,000 doses of the Mpox vaccine, which will arrive at Kinshasa airport at 12:10. Another flight carrying an additional 100,000 doses is scheduled for Saturday at the same time. This means a total of 200,000 doses are coming to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to address the mpox crisis. Just two weeks after the Africa CDC and WHO declared a continental and international health emergency, we are taking action to provide the necessary vaccines to protect the at-risk population.”
