A new method means that more people can get the monkeypox vaccine. It is the Public Health Agency that has issued new recommendations for vaccination, which means that more people are offered the shot. By giving the vaccine in the epidermis instead of under the skin, a significantly smaller dose is sufficient, says Ali Mirazimi, virus researcher and professor at Karolinska Institutet. The recommendation comes from the European Medicines Agency EMA, and means that the vaccine is enough for several. – With this variant, you get as good protection as giving under the skin, he says. According to a report from the World Health Organization WHO, monkeypox decreased by 21 percent last week. – It is very welcome, says Mirazimi. Watch Ali Mirazimi talk more about the new method, in the player above.
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More people are to be offered the monkeypox vaccine – with a new method
