Tag: South Kivu province

New data suggests that the strain of the Monkeypox virus is able to spread through sex

The WHO on Sunday said that the US and Japan have pledged to provide a vaccine for 50,000 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) who will be immunised against clade I mpox. This comes after several cases were reported in South Kivu province, which is a conflict-torn part of the DRC. So far, the virus has killed more than 650 people.

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