Great Britain, nobody’s running out of vaccines for monkeypox

Great Britain was nearly depleted of its supplies monkeypox vaccine and maybe forced to pause your immunization schedule for several weeks, this Monday revealed the public chain BBC.

An internal report from Public Health England (UKHSA) indicated that appointments to receive doses were being limited to dedicating the remaining vaccine. to people who have been exposed to the virus.

Many clinics across the country, including a major one in London (where 75 per cent of cases of the disease have been detected), have sold out and stopped offering new appointments, according to the report. BBC.

UKHSA has confirmed that around 25,000 doses have been inoculated and is trying to expedite the delivery of 100,000 more.


So far they have been detected 3 thousand 17 cases monkey pox in the UK and experts believe the outbreak is starting to slow.

According to data from the World Health Organization, the UK is the country with third largest 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 have contributed to making Europe the ‘centre’ of the current outbreak of the disease.

The latest data from the health agency estimates that 29 cases a day are confirmed in the country as a whole, compared with 52 cases a day at the end of June. WHO stated on June 23 international alert by the current monkeypox outbreak.

Between infection prevention measures is washing clothes, towels, cutlery and bed linen that have been in contact with sick people, using warm water and detergent.

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