Monkeypox: Do we need mass vaccination like COVID? Here’s what the WHO said

Although cases of monkeypox are increasing in many countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) said there is no need for mass vaccination or mass vaccination against the virus.

Monkeypox needs to be prioritized in non-endemic countries, a WHO official said on Friday, adding that it can be achieved through prompt action.

“We think we can easily control it if we take the right measures,” Sylvie Bryand, WHO director for Global Infectious Hazard Preparedness, told a technical briefing to member states at the UN health agency’s annual gathering. said in.

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