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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

As monkeypox drops in the West, still no vaccines for Africa

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

With monkeypox cases subsiding in Europe and parts of North America, many scientists say now is the time to prioritize stopping the virus in Africa.

In July, the U.N. health agency designated monkeypox as a global emergency and appealed to the world to support African countries so that the catastrophic vaccine inequity that plagued the outbreak of COVID-19 wouldn't be repeated.

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