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EU backs new monkeypox jab method to stretch vaccine supply
Agence France-Presse
last updated:
Aug 19,2022
A health worker prepares a dose of Monkeypox vaccine at the Edison municipal vaccination centre. (Photo: AFP)
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The EU's drug regulator on Friday authorised a new technique for monkeypox injections that will allow more people to be inoculated against the disease as supplies of the vaccine run short.اضافة اعلان
Countries can now administer the Imvanex jab just below the top layer of skin, instead of fully below the skin as they currently do, using just one fifth the amount of vaccine, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) said in a statement.