Madrid announced that it would donate 20% of its stock and encouraged its European counterparts to do the same.
The Spanish government announced on Tuesday, August 27, that it would send the equivalent of 500,000 doses of vaccines to several Central African countries to deal with the mpox epidemic. “Spain has indicated to the European Commission that it will make a donation representing 20% of its vaccine stock, or 100,000
ampoules corresponding to 500,000 doses of vaccines,” explains the Spanish Ministry of Health in a press release. Faced with the mpox epidemic, whose “epicentre is in several Central African countries, the
Ministry of Health considers it essential to act in this region in order to contain the current situation,”
continues the government, which does not specify w hich countries are concerned or when the vaccines will be sent. Madrid is encouraging its European counterparts to donate 20% of their stock in turn and not to “keep vaccines where there is no problem”.
MPOX, formerly known as “monkey pox”, is a viral disease that is transmitted from animals to humans and also between humans through physical contact. It causes fever, muscle pain and skin lesions. The emocratic Republic of Congo, Burundi and the Central African Republic are the countries most affected by the resurgence of MPOX in Africa, where cases have also been reported in a dozen other countries. This has prompted the World Health Organization to declare a “public health emergency” of international concern due to the 1b variant of the virus, which is currently more widespread and more dangerous. You can share an article by clicking on the sharing icons at the top right of the article. The total or partial reproduction of an article, without the prior written permission of Le Monde, is strictly prohibited.
For more information, see our general terms and conditions of sale. For any request for authorization, Since the beginning of the year, the mpox disease, which notably causes the appearance of skin lesions on the body, has caused at least 19,000 cases and 548 deaths on the African continent. And particularly in the Democratic Republic of Congo, considered the epicenter of the current epidemic. A first major wave of contamination had already affected many countries, including outside Africa, in 2022-2023. From a first case of monkeypox, imported by a traveler from Nigeria, the virus had caused some 90,000 cases in more than seventy-five countries. The current epidemic, which began in 2023, was caused by another version of the monkeypox virus, what is called a clade.
In this case, clade 1b. In this video, we take stock of what we know about this virus and this disease. How is it transmitted? What are the different phases of the disease?
Is it fatal? Can it be treated?
