The Democratic Republic of Congo has begun an mpox vaccination campaign after seeing over 30,000 infections and nearly 1,000 deaths from the virus so far this year.
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00:00The Democratic Republic of Congo has launched its first MPOX vaccination campaign.
00:05It's a major step in efforts to contain the spread of the disease, which has badly affected
00:09the Central African nation and several others in the region.
00:14Congo has reported over 30,000 cases and nearly 1,000 deaths from MPOX so far this year.
00:20MPOX, which used to be called monkeypox, is a virus that can spread through close contact.
00:26It often causes flu-like symptoms and rashes, and can be fatal in rare cases.