Monkeypox vaccinations are available at some London hospitals.
(Picture: PA Wire)More than 25,000 people have vaccinated against monkeypox but supplies will run out by the end of the month, the NHS has revealed.
It said around 27,000 people had been vaccinated in England as of August 10 but a batch of 100,000 doses of the vaccine, which are being made to order, will not be received until September.
There are global issues with supply due to vaccine availability and the necessary time to produce more vaccines.
By the end of next week the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) will have allocated all of the remaining stock.
Latest case figures show the outbreak is beginning to slow with 3,017 cases across the UK with around 29 cases a day now confirmed on average compared to 52 cases a day during the last week in June.
Dr Jenny Harries, Chief Executive of UKHSA, said: “The most important way to protect those who are more likely to get monkeypox and to limit the outbreak is to ensure that all the vaccines available to us are in people’s arms as quickly as possible and are building protection across the community.
“I’d like to thank all those who have isolated as part of this outbreak in order to limit transmission of the virus, the thousands of people who have come forward for vaccination and all those in the NHS and sexual health services who have ensured the rapid delivery of the available vaccine – this has strengthened our response to the current outbreak and should interrupt chains of transmission.”
Common signs and symptoms of monkeypox infection include fever, headache, muscle aches, exhaustion, swollen lymph nodes, and development of a new rash.
Speaking last week, Vauxhall MP Florence Eshalomi said the government needed to get “ahead of a curve” and get more vaccines.
Recent data showed of the UK’s 2,883 confirmed or likely cases, 2,047 were recorded in London.
