Pope Francis declares spread of mpox a ‘global health emergency’ as Africa is finally set to receive the first batch of vaccines
The Pope has declared the deadly outbreak of mpox a ‘global health emergency’ as the first batch of vaccines are set to arrive in Africa.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) also declared the outbreak of a new strain a global health emergency earlier this month as African countries such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo (the DRC) saw cases soar.
Pope Francis mentioned mpox during his weekly Sunday prayers.
Speaking in St Peter’s Square the pontiff said: ‘I pray for all the infected people, in particular the population of Democratic Republic of Congo, so affected, I express my closeness to the local churches most touched by this disease.’
