EU health agency urges bloc to plan for monkeypox jabs - report

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The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) is expected to make a recommendation that bloc countries should prepare vaccination plans for monkeypox, The Financial Times reported Sunday.

The advice will be included in a risk assessment to be published on Monday, according to the Stockholm-based agency. Member countries will be advised to use existing smallpox vaccines until monkeypox jabs are created, as the inoculations have offered some form of cross-protection, the media outlet said.

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