DRC had hoped to receive a first round of vaccine deliveries this week as virus spreads. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) says it no longer expects to receive its first delivery of mpox vaccines this week as global health authorities say the spread of the disease can still be contained. Asked whether the …
A new strain of monkeypox virus is “the most dangerous” yet and could be a global threat, experts say. The new clade Ib virus emerged in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and spread to Rwanda’s border. Experts say this mpox strain spreads in “worrying” ways and could end up on an airplane. A deadly and fast-spreading …
President Felix Tshisekedi calls for investigation after boat accident on Kwa River in Mai-Ndombe province. More than 80 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have died after the boat they were travelling on sank, President Felix Tshisekedi has announced. The accident on Wednesday occurred on the Kwa River, about 70km (43 miles) …
Amid the security forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) claimed to thwart an attempted coup, reports arrived that three people – two police officers and one of the attackers – were killed in the shootout that started early morning of Sunday, reported According to a report by Aljazeera, DR Congo Army spokesman …
Mpox has mostly been confined to developing countries for years. In May of this year, the World Health Organization announced the end of the global health emergency related to mpox, about a year after the disease, previously known as monkeypox, began spreading globally. WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attributed the decision to declining global case …