The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has for the first time issued instructions to specific groups of workers for vaccination against monkeypox, following the outbreak of cases in the US and Europe.
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), the CDC's top experts on vaccines, issued the recommendation Friday and will include workers in laboratories that research "orthopoxviruses," people who work in laboratory testing environments and health care personnel who treat patients infected with the virus.
The JYNNEOS vaccine is tailored for both simple smallpox and monkeypox - like many other smallpox drugs it is also believed to be effective against the rare virus.
The directive comes as the US investigates another suspected case of the virus, with a man in Colorado having a suspected infection after a recent trip to Canada. Currently the confirmed cases stand at 9.
Source: in.gr
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