WHO wants vaccine efficacy data in monkeypox fight

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Fighting the virus requires “intense” efforts, said the WHO, calling for broad data collection and sharing on how well vaccines work against the virus. theSun thesundaily monkeypox WHO vaccines

: The World Health Organization on Wednesday appealed for vigilance to ensure monkeypox does not spread among more vulnerable groups, such as children.

“I am concerned about sustained transmission because it would suggest that the virus is establishing itself and it could move into high-risk groups including children, the immunocompromised and pregnant women,“ WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters.There are two cases aged under 18 in Britain.

The countries with three-figure case numbers are Britain , Germany , Spain , Portugal , France , Canada , the Netherlands and the United States . WHO emergencies director Michael Ryan said that countries with stockpiles of vaccines, led by the United States, had shown willingness to share them.

 

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