English: Congolese health authorities announce 9 deaths from monkeypox

Health authorities announced in Congo There were 9 deaths from monkeypox, and the health authorities in the Congo announced 475 cases of monkeypox in the country, according to urgent news broadcast by Al-Arabiya TV a short time ago.

Earlier, Dr Aparna Mukherjee, a scientist from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said that children are more likely to get monkeypox infection, and indicated that younger people who did not get the smallpox vaccine may be more susceptible to infection.

She stated that the smallpox vaccine gives cross immunity to fight monkeypox infection, but the vaccination was stopped after the eighties, yet she recommended that the elderly should be vaccinated with the smallpox vaccine.