Government receives a consignment of Mpox vaccines

Government officials receive a consignment during the arrival of single dose Johnson and Johnson vaccine at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi on October 06,2021. Kenya procured 252,000 doses of the vaccine. [File, Standard]

The Ministry of Health has received a consignment of 10,700 doses of the Modified Vaccinia Ankara-Bavarian Nordic (MVA-BN) Mpox vaccine.

This will bolster Kenya's response to curb the ongoing Mpox outbreak.