Two workers from the NGO Alima walk in the courtyard of the mpox treatment centre in Kamituga, South Kivu in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on September 20, 2024. Photo by Glody MURHABAZI / AFP.
Goma, DR Congo: The Democratic Republic of Congo, the epicentre of an mpox epidemic, launched a large-scale vaccination campaign against the virus on Saturday in the eastern city of Goma, AFP journalists said.
The first vaccines were administered to hospital staff, with the program due to target the general population from Monday in the east of the country, where the current outbreak started a year ago.
