Africa in need of test kits, vaccines as monkeypox spreads

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Africa has no vaccines for monkeypox and test kits are in short supply, international health agencies said on Thursday, warning that richer countries already appeared to be hoarding vaccines.

Monkeypox is a viral disease that causes flu-like symptoms and skin lesions. It is endemic in parts of Africa but has also recently been reported in countries with no history of human transmission, including Ghana, Morocco and South Africa.

Monkeypox vaccines are in short supply globally and there have been no donations to countries in Africa, the WHO said.Monkeypox is not yet a global health emergency, the WHO ruled on Saturday, although Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was deeply concerned about the outbreak.The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention is treating the outbreak as an emergency, its acting director, Ahmed Ogwell Ouma, said.

 

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