Update on vaccination to protect against monkeypox in England

Update on vaccination to protect against monkeypox in England Latest figures confirm that over 25,000 people have been vaccinated with the smallpox vaccine, as part of the strategy to contain the monkeypox outbreak in the UK. These thousands of vaccines, administered by the NHS to those at highest risk of exposure, should have a significant impact on the transmission of the virus. UK Health Security Agency

See also:

• COVID-19 autumn booster and flu vaccine programme expansion NHS England
• Monkeypox: experts give virus variants new names World Health Organization
• Monkeypox: Lack of vaccines sparks pause in UK rollout BBC News
• Expert warns that monkeypox IS the next pandemic - but 'not anything like the Covid' outbreak The Daily Mail
• Smallpox vaccines may not protect against monkeypox for life The Guardian