:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/elfinanciero/BVLWDYN6N5COVEO5RLER5LQI3Q.jpg "UK, no one is running out of monkeypox vaccine – El Financiero")
UK is running out of stock of monkeypox vaccine and may be forced to to stop your immunization program for several weeks, revealed this Monday public chain BBC.
An internal report from the UK’s Public Health Agency (UKHSA) shows that appointments to receive one dose are starting to be limited to dedicate the remaining vaccine. people who have contracted the virus.
Many clinics across the country, including the main one in London (where 75 percent of cases of the disease have been detected), have sold out and have stopped offering new appointments, according to the report. BBC.
UKHSA has confirmed that about 25,000 doses have been inoculated and is trying to speed up delivery of 100,000 more.
So far they have been detected 3 thousand 17 cases monkeypox in the UK and experts believe the outbreak is starting to slow down.
According to data from the World Health Organization, the UK is the country with third highest number of cases monkeypox in Europe, behind only Spain (one of 7 countries in the world to report deaths from the virus) and Germany, and has contributed to making Europe the ‘center’ of the current disease outbreak.
The latest data from the health agency estimates that 29 cases per day are confirmed in the country as a whole, compared with 52 cases per day at the end of June. WHO declared on 23 June international alert by the current monkeypox outbreak.
Among the transmission prevention measures are washing clothes, towels, eating utensils and bed sheets that have been in contact with sick people, using warm water and detergents.
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