In public health news, the Democratic Republic of Congo received its first delivery of mpox vaccine doses Thursday as cases continue to surge. The organization Gavi, a global vaccine alliance, said it hopes the virus can be contained with the rapid distribution of vaccines, in order to prevent another global crisis on the scale of COVID-19.

Thabani Maphosa: “Mpox in particular is actually happening in conflict areas, and access in conflict areas is not always guaranteed. … Children are actually taking the highest hit, because you have to look at the case fatality. The case fatality for children is much higher. So, it goes without saying that children are actually then a high-priority group.”