Germany to donate 100,000 mpox vaccines to Africa
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Frankfurt, Germany: Germany will donate 100,000 mpox vaccine doses to countries in Africa suffering from a surge in cases, the government said Monday....
Frankfurt, Germany: Germany will donate 100,000 mpox vaccine doses to countries in Africa suffering from a surge in cases, the government said Monday.
The vaccines will come from German military stocks and will be made available "in the short term", government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit told reporters.
The aim is "to support in solidarity the international efforts to contain mpox on the African continent", he said.
The move will see Germany donate nearly all of its mpox vaccine reserves, which total around 118,000 doses, according to the defence ministry.
Germany was also providing financial support to the World Health Organization (WHO) as well as supporting partners in Africa through the Gavi vaccine alliance, Hebestreit said.
