Nigeria will begin vaccinations for mpox from October 8 after regulatory approvals are concluded.

Spokesperson for the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Remi Adeleke, said after the vaccines had been subjected to regulatory lab analysis for three weeks, they would be distributed across five states.

Meanwhile, due to limited available doses (9,980) of the Jynneos MPox vaccine, Adeleke said the quantities will be split evenly (1,996 doses) across five states for implementation with 4,750 persons receiving two doses each, 28 days apart.

Nigeria received the first batch of 10,000 doses of the mpox vaccine from the U.S. Agency for International Development on Tuesday. The country has confirmed 40 mpox cases with no fatalities yet.