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Ella Pickover & Sarah Vesty

Gay and bisexual men at higher risk of catching monkeypox to be offered vaccine

Gay and bisexual men in Scotland who are considered at higher risk of catching monkeypox are set to be offered a vaccine.

The UK Health Security Agency said that those identified by medical professionals should be offered the smallpox vaccine Imvanex in a bid to halt the outbreak.

The Scottish Government have confirmed they will be following the guidance and will be establishing a “pre-exposure vaccination programme for priority risk groups”.

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