US Donates 10,000 Mpox Vaccines, Prioritizes Edo, Four Others.

The U.S. government, through USAID, has donated 10,000 mpox vaccine doses to Nigeria, targeting five states: Bayelsa, Edo, Cross River, Lagos, and Rivers, due to their high mpox cases. These vaccines will primarily be administered to high-risk groups, including close contacts of mpox cases and frontline healthcare workers. Ambassador Richard Mills emphasized the vaccine’s safety and urged Nigeria to secure more doses to combat the outbreak.

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