Mpox: Government urged to extend vaccination programme after new cases found
Terrence Higgins Trust, the UK’s leading sexual health charity, is urging the government to extend its mpox vaccination programme after a new cluster of cases was identified. The interim epidemiological update published on 25 May stated 10 new cases of mpox, which was formerly known as monkeypox, have been diagnosed – all of which were in London. Half of these were in unvaccinated individuals, while two were in people who had only received one dose. Five of the cases were acquired in the UK, with four believed to have been…
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