Germany's Mpox Vaccine Aid to Africa

Germany will donate 100,000 mpox vaccine doses from its military reserves to support African countries combating the outbreak. The World Health Organization declared the mpox spread a global public health emergency, particularly after cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo proliferated to neighboring nations, and a new virus strain heightened transmission worries.

Germany will donate 100,000 mpox vaccine doses from its military stocks to help contain the outbreak on the African continent in the short term as well as provide help to the affected countries, said a government spokesperson on Monday.

The World Health Organization has declared mpox a global public health emergency, after an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo spread to neighbouring countries and a new form of the virus, clade Ib, triggered concerns about the speed of transmission.

(With inputs from agencies.)