Now we know -- it is Bavarian Nordic, via an EU collective donation. Here's the latest, from Reuters:
. . .Democratic Republic of Congo, epicentre of an mpox outbreak that prompted a U.N. declaration of a global public health emergency, said it expects to receive its first delivery of vaccine doses on Thursday and a second delivery on Saturday.
The World Health Organization declared the health emergency last month but efforts to curb the spread of the disease have been hampered by a lack of vaccines.
At a press conference in Geneva later in the day, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus confirmed the doses were due to arrive in Congo. They are manufactured by Bavarian Nordic and donated by the European Union. . . .
The head of country delivery for the global vaccine alliance Gavi, Thabani Maphosa, told Reuters on Wednesday that around 200,000 doses would arrive in the first tranche. . . .
So (per our graphics, that is Thursday AND Saturday totals) these are the ~130,000 doses we mentioned last week, that are from the reserve supplies built up in the EU last year. Even so, test (diagnostic) kits are running in very short supply in many clinics, so those are almost as urgently needed, as the prophylaxis of the vaccine, itself.
Onward. First big test of the season, in Lincoln -- this Saturday. Woot!
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