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Africa CDC warns against vaccine hoarding over monkeypox outbreak

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Since early May, more than 200 suspected and confirmed cases of the virus have been detected in at least 19 countries, mostly in Europe.

The acting director of Africa’s top public health agency says he hopes rich countries will not hoard vaccines during the current monkeypox outbreak, as they did with the jabs against COVID-19.

Monkeypox, a mild viral infection, is endemic in 11 African countries including Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Nigeria.

Since early May, more than 200 suspected and confirmed cases of the virus have been detected in at least 19 countries, mostly in Europe....

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