Monkeypox Outbreaks Coming to Closure – Precision Vaccinations

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According to theExternal Situation Report #6published by the World Health Organization (WHO),new monkeypox cases declined22%in North America and Europelast week (#37).

Despite these decreases, the majority of monkeypox cases reported in the past four weeks were from the Region of the Americas (80.3%) and the European Region (18.6%).

Overall, the WHO/African Region has reported the highest number of deaths among confirmed cases (14/23; 60.9%).

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Ph.D., commented in a digital press briefing on September 22, 2022,"The (decreasing) trend is encouraging, but it is not the time for any country to assume those trends will continue."

In the United Kingdom, the monkeypox outbreak has significantly changed as of September 21, 2022.

'It is clear that community transmission occurs with multiple generations of spread. The illness appears to be generally mild, though some individuals will require hospital admissions to manage secondary infections or complications from the illness,' stated the updated U.K. guidance document.

' The monkeypox clade of monkeypox predominantly circulating in the U.K. (Clade IIb, B.1 lineage) isno longer classified as aHigh Consequence Infectious Disease (HCID).'

'However, importations of monkeypox from Africa and/or monkeypox not caused by Clade IIb, B.1 lineage should remain classified as anHCID, as the severity of the original clades remains unknown.'

In the USA, the U.S. CDC reported on September 22, 2022, the total number of confirmed monkeypox/orthopoxvirus cases has reached24,572 since May 2022.

Furthermore, access to the U.S. FDA-approved monkeypox vaccines has significantly improved in the USA.

As of September 20, 2022, the U.S. government distributed 807,093 doses of the Jynneos vaccine, with684,980 administered in the 48 U.S. Jurisdictions reporting data.

The two-doseJynneos(IMVANEX,IMVAMUNE) vaccine was developed in Denmark with the support of the Biomedical Advanced Research and DevelopmentAuthorityas one element of the federal government's smallpox preparedness efforts.

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