Parts of the UK may run out of monkeypox vaccine and may have no doses for three or four weeks. Dame Jenny Harries, chief executive of the UK Health Security Agency, said vaccines to tackle monkeypox “may run out” in some areas before more doses arrive in a few weeks’ time.
She told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “There may be a short period, probably of three or four weeks, where vaccines may run out in some areas. And in those cases we are ensuring that the individuals who have come forward are checked and will be invited again, so they just need to ensure that their names are available. And as soon as the vaccine’s in we will get it into people’s arms.”
The UK initially had a consignment of 50,000 vaccines – enough to vaccinate 25,000 people – and 150,000 doses have been ordered in total, which is “the maximum available”, Dame Jenny said.
