WHO says no urgent need for mass monkeypox vaccinations

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googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display('mm-story-320x100');}); LONDON, May 24 ― The World Health Organisation (WHO) does not believe the monkeypox outbreak outside of...

LONDON, May 24 ― The World Health Organisation does not believe the monkeypox outbreak outside of Africa requires mass vaccinations as measures like good hygiene and safe sexual behaviour will help control its spread, a senior official said yesterday.

His comments came as the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it was in the process of releasing some Jynneos vaccine doses for use in monkeypox cases. Public health authorities in Europe and North America are investigating more than 100 suspected and confirmed cases of the viral infection in the worst outbreak of the virus outside of Africa, where it is endemic.

It is unclear what is driving the outbreak, with scientists trying to understand the origin of the cases and whether anything about the virus has changed. There is no evidence the virus has mutated, a senior executive at the UN agency said separately yesterday.

 

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