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French.china.org.cn| Updated on 30-08-2022
French.china.org.cn| Updated on 30-08-2022
Monkeypox vaccines are not being adequately offered to those most in need of protection, despite US President Joe Biden confirming the sufficiency of doses last Friday, the Associated Press news agency reported on Saturday. (AP).
Data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showed that only 10% of monkeypox vaccines had been distributed to African Americans despite accounting for a third of cases in the US. United.
The director of global health education at Ochsner Health in New Orleans, Dr. Yvens Laborde, said the vaccination gap echoes racial disparities seen during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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