The EU-donated smallpox vaccines that arrived in the DRC on Thursday are "effective" Laurent Muschel, head of the European Health Emergency Response and Preparedness Authority (HERA), tells AFP in an interview in Kinshasa. They are "the first mpox vaccines available to start the vaccination campaign in the DRC," says Muschel adding that "a second container arriving on Saturday with a further 100,000 doses." IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES