Is there a monkeypox vaccine?

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Monkeypox infections are increasing in the UK, with health experts warning new cases are being identified daily. The virus, which is from the same family as the smallpox, is rare and usually causes mild symptoms.

People tend to recover within a few weeks, the NHS says, and the disease is characterised by a blistery rash which spreads across the body before scabbing up and falling off.

More than 80 cases of monkeypox have been found elsewhere in Europe and in the US, Canada and Australia. Boris Johnson said that while the virus was rare, it was important to 'keep an eye' on it following the surge in cases, adding: “I think we’re looking very carefully at the circumstances of transmission.

It hasn’t yet proved, fatal in any case that we know of, certainly not in this country.” Read more:Monkeypox symptoms according to NHS and how to avoid getting it Monkeypox is spread via 'close contact' with an infected individual, which could be household contact, sexual contact, or even changing an infected person's bedding without wearing appropriate PPE.