Monkeypox: German panel recommends vaccine for risk groups

Germany has recorded more than 100 monkeypox infections so far. Now the country's independent vaccine advisory body is recommending shots for people exposed to the virus.

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Germany's vaccine panel recommended jabs against monkeypox for those who could be at-risk

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Germany's Standing Committee on Vaccination (STIKO) said Thursday that people over 18 who have been exposed to or are at increased risk of monkeypox infection should be inoculated.

The vaccine advisory body recommended Bavarian Nordic's Imvanex smallpox shot. The panel added that due to its limited supply, the vaccine should be made available first to people who were exposed to the virus in the last 14 days.

Monkeypox is a rare disease that belongs to the same virus family as smallpox. But in the last month, nearly 20 countries around the world where monkeypox is not endemic have reported outbreaks of the virus.

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日本に上陸したと言うニュースは報じられていませんが、時間の問題かも知れません。ただし、日本でもワクチンの備えはあると伝えられています。

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