Yesterday, 2,800 doses of the vaccine were received from our country. monkeypoxthat come from sharing food vaccine EU to cope with the epidemic. Next Tuesday National Immunization Committee they are expected to meet to make the final decision on when the vaccine will be introduced.

The committee will review the strategy implemented in the US based on its recommendations. Centers for Disease Control – CDCaccording to which the vaccine is administered after known or possible exposure to the virus (people who have been in contact with sick people or have had several sexual partners in the past 14 days in an area where cases of monkeypox occur), but also as a preventive measure, to people working in areas with an increased occupational risk of contracting monkeypox virus, such as research laboratories.

Recall that until last Thursday, 48 laboratory-confirmed cases of monkeypox were registered in our country. All cases concern men with a mean age of 36 years (range 19 to 59 years), of whom 16 reported traveling abroad and the remainder related to transmission in our country. Patients have either recovered or are recovering in generally good clinical condition.