American residents who have been in contact with people infected with monkeypox will be offered a protective shot with Bavarian Nordic’s vaccine, Jynneos, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports according to Reuters.
The US currently has a stockpile of over 1,000 doses of the vaccine, which has been approved for smallpox and monkeypox since 2019 in the US. Following the monkeypox outbreak, the CDC is expecting to increase its level of preparedness in the near future.
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