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Message: <blockquote data-quote="imhotep" data-source="post: 30399614" data-attributes="member: 562115">There has been a further escalation of 147 more cases last week. with one more death. Nearly 42% of the cases have been reported in children younger than 5 years old.The lab in Kinsasha states that thesamples it received on December 7 are poor quality, with blood and serum samples poorly preserved and some showing hemolysis. The lab didn't receive any nasopharyngeal samples.A team has travelled to Panzi health zone to collect more samples, which took 3 days due the remote location and difficult road conditions. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":-(" title="Frown    :-(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":-(" />Meanwhile..... MonkeyPox cases are up too. The outbreaks, which have affected 20 African countries, are driven by clade 1a and the novel clade 1b virus. Japan had earlier announced a donation of about 3 million doses of theie LC16 vaccine from its stockpile, along with a supply of bifurcated needles used to administer the vaccine.The Japanese vaccine can be used on children as young as 1 year old. The Bavarian Nordic vaccine, already in use in the DRC, Rwanda, and Nigeria, is indicated only for people ages 12 and older, though a safety and immunogenicity study is under way in children ages 2 to 12 years old.</blockquote>

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