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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Josh Salisbury

Monkeypox: Government accused of being ‘asleep at the wheel’ as London runs low on vaccines

A person administering a monkeypox vaccine (PA)

(Picture: PA Wire)

London is running low on monkeypox vaccines despite the capital being the worst affected area in the country.

Vauxhall MP Florence Eshalomi said she has been told London has only around 5,000 doses left of the jab, while experts told the Standard current supply could be depleted in as soon as ten days.

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