Denmark Offers Monkeypox Vaccine Broadly as Virus Spreads
- Nordic country is home to only producer of a monkeypox vaccine
- Shot will now be offered to all men who have sex with men
Vials of the Bavarian Nordic A/S Jynneos monkeypox vaccine.
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Denmark, home to the only company which has an approved vaccine for monkeypox on the market, will start offering the shot to its citizens more broadly as the virus spreads.
The vaccine will be offered to all men who have sex with men, the group most vulnerable to the transmission of the disease, the Danish Health Authority said in a statement on Tuesday. Until now, the shot has only been offered to people who have been in close contact to a person that’s infected.