Nigeria to Start Mpox Vaccination on October 8

1/9/2024 6:31

        Nigeria will begin
        vaccinations for mpox from October 8 after regulatory approvals
        are concluded, a spokesperson for the country's National Primary
        Health Care Development Agency told a local newspaper on
        Saturday.
        
        Nigeria received the first batch of 10,000 doses of the mpox
        vaccine from the U.S. Agency for International Development on
        Tuesday. The country has confirmed 40 mpox cases with no
        fatalities yet.
        
        “Due to limited available doses (9,980) of the Jynneos MPox
        vaccine, the quantities will be split evenly (1,996 doses)
        across the five states for implementation," Remi Adeleke, a
        spokesperson at the development agency told The Punch newspaper.
        
        He said the vaccines would be subjected to regulatory lab
        analysis for three weeks after which they would be distributed
        across five states with 4,750 persons receiving two doses each,
        28 days apart.