US signs off on 8,00,000 more doses of monkeypox vaccine
The monkeypox virus mainly spreads through skin-on-skin contact, but it can also transmit through touching linens used by someone with the infection.
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The monkeypox virus mainly spreads through skin-on-skin contact, but it can also transmit through touching linens used by someone with the infection.
WHO has issued a new guideline to limit the spread of the monkeypox outbreak across the globe, just as the cases remain on the rise.
It estimates that between 5 million and 10 million doses of vaccine will be needed to protect all high-risk groups, Tedros said.
Over 18,000 cases of the monkeypox virus have been detected across the globe so far, with WHO issuing fresh guidelines to control the outbreak.
Over 18,000 monkeypox cases have been reported to the WHO from 78 countries, out of which, more than 70 per cent of these came from the European region and 25 per cent from the Americas.