New Cases Of Clade 1 In Australia; Trump's Ineptitude Causes Spoilation Of Hundreds Of Thousands Of Mpox Vaccine Vials US Was To Ship To Africa...

Yep, we are learning that up to 760,000 doses of the vaccine the US purchased for Africa under Mr. Biden cannot be shipped, because Trump has delayed -- and delayed -- and now all but 220,000 of them will be too close to expiration date, before they leave the US -- so under WHO standards, they must be discarded, rather than administered. Charming. Well done, "Cartoon Don". . . .

Here's the latest, on the second case near Queensland, down under:

. . .Health Minister Tim Nicholls said the infection was acquired in central Africa and contact tracing was underway.

"He was not contagious on the return journey to Australia from Africa and those close contacts that he has been in contact with, including at the emergency ward and in other locations, are being contact traced right now and identified," Mr Nicholls said.

He said the department had identified 19 community contacts, including members of the man's family, and 40 hospital staff contacts.

Head of infectious diseases at the Princess Alexandra Hospital Doctor Geoffrey Playford said he did not expect the number of community cases to increase. . . .

Onward, driving deeper into the mountanins this morning, to see an 87 year old aunt struggling with a severe COVID bout. But all will be well. Grin.

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