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Reuters
Reuters
Health
Bhargav Acharya and Alexander Winning

Africa CDC warns on vaccine hoarding amid monkeypox outbreak

FILE PHOTO: Mock-up vials labeled "Monkeypox vaccine" and medical syringe are seen in this illustration taken, May 25, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic

The acting director of Africa's top public health agency said on Thursday that he hoped vaccine hoarding, as seen by wealthier nations during the COVID-19 pandemic, would not be repeated with the current monkeypox outbreak.

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

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