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Monkeypox in Israel passes 200 cases, vaccination in progress

Health Ministry detects 11 cases in last four days, mulls expanding vaccine criteria

Updated 4 years ago · Published on 22 Aug 2022 11:30AM

Monkeypox in Israel passes 200 cases, vaccination in progress
Recently, at least 2,000 people at risk have received double doses of vaccines against the infectious Monkeypox disease. – AFP pic, August 22, 2022

JERUSALEM – Monkeypox cases in Israel have totalled to 208, with 11 new cases detected in the past four days, the country’s Health Ministry said yesterday.

So far, more than 2,000 people at risk have been vaccinated in Israel with a double-dose vaccine against the virus, the ministry noted, reported Xinhua.

Israel in late July announced a vaccination programme for risky populations, with the shipment of 5,600 doses produced by Danish firm Bavarian Nordic. The shipment of another 4,400 doses is expected to arrive in September.

The ministry added it was considering expanding the vaccination criteria to allow increased utilisation of all doses as well as to purchase additional vaccine doses. – Bernama, August 22, 2022

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