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'Imanvex' For Monkeypox

July 29 , 2022 854 days 720 0
  • The European Commission has approved a smallpox vaccine for use against monkeypox.
  • Imvanex has been approved in the EU since 2013 for the prevention of smallpox.
  • It is considered a potential vaccine for monkeypox because of the similarity between the monkeypox virus and the smallpox virus.
  • Monkeypox is less dangerous and contagious than smallpox, which was eradicated in 1980.
  • Recently, WHO declared the monkeypox outbreak as a global health emergency.
  • It has affected nearly 16,000 people in 72 countries.

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