The vaccine will be administered to priority groups as per the set health protocols, including frontline health workers and those at high risk of exposure
Bavarian Nordic’s smallpox vaccine Imvanex gets permission to be labelled for monkeypox and another disease caused by the vaccinia virus
The Ministry of Health and Prevention has urged all community members to follow appropriate safety precautions while travelling and moving in large crowds
Monkeypox has mostly been confined to developing countries for years, but has spread across Europe and the US in recent months
The ministry called for obtaining information from official sources in the UAE
The health ministry has urged all to follow appropriate preventive measures
The ministry announced the additional cases almost a week after the first infection of monkeypox was detected in the country
The first case was detected in a 29-year-old woman who arrived from West Africa
The statement comes after Israel reported the first known case of monkeypox in the Middle East on Saturday May 21, in a man who had returned from abroad