The current outbreak of the virus was deemed a public health emergency by the WHO over the weekend.
Image: Shutterstock/FOTOGRIN Image: Shutterstock/FOTOGRIN THE DEPARTMENT OF Health has announced plans to expand use of the smallpox vaccine to protect against monkeypox.
69 cases of monkeypox have been confirmed here since the beginning of this global outbreak in May of this year. Interim CMO, Professor Breda Smyth said: “These recommendations reflect a strengthening of measures to control disease transmission and ensures that our response to this evolving situation is informed by the best available evidence.
HIV Ireland has urged the government to meet “head on” the challenges posed by rising levels of monkeypox in Ireland. “As gay and bisexual men, we have a long history and strong legacy of banding together in times of adversity, and our community discussion is an example of that – we are mobilising our peers in the face of this new challenge.
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