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British health officials will start offering vaccines to gay and bisexual men at the highest risk of catching monkeypox, in an effort to curb the biggest outbreak of the disease beyond Africa.\u00a0CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>

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Britain\u2019s Health Security Agency said in a statement on Tuesday that doctors could consider vaccination for someone who \u201chas multiple partners, participates in group sex or attends \u2018sex on premises\u2019 venues.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cBy expanding the vaccine offer to those at higher risk, we hope to break chains of transmission and help contain the outbreak,\u201d said the Health Security Agency\u2019s head of immunization, Dr. Mary Ramsay.<\/p>

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Vaccines have previously been available only for health workers taking care of monkeypox patients or for cleaners disinfecting areas contaminated by the virus. The vaccine was originally developed for smallpox, a related disease, but is thought to be about 85 percent effective against monkeypox.<\/p>

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To date, more than 99 percent of monkeypox cases in Britain are among men, and the majority of those are in gay, bisexual or men who have sex with men. Scientists warn that anyone who is in close, physical contact with someone infected with monkeypox or their clothing or bedsheets is at risk of the disease, regardless of their sexual orientation.<\/p>\n

There are currently 793 monkeypox cases in the U.K., out of more than 2,100 cases in 42 countries globally. No deaths beyond Africa have been reported.<\/p>

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Until last month, monkeypox had only caused sizeable outbreaks in central and West Africa; the continent has so far reported more than 1,500 cases and 72 suspected deaths in a separate epidemic. Vaccines have never been used in Africa to control monkeypox.<\/p>\n

Last week, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus described the continued spread of monkeypox in countries that haven\u2019t previously seen the disease as \u201cunusual and concerning.\u201d<\/p>

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Tedros is convening an expert meeting Thursday to decide if the expanding monkeypox outbreak warrants being declared a global emergency. That would give it the same designation as the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing effort to eradicate polio.\u00a0\u2014 The Associated Press<\/em><\/p>

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