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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ian Sample Science editor

Mpox vaccinations extended in London after spike in cases

A doctor poses with a monkeypox vaccine vial
The UK Health Security Agency’s national mpox outbreak vaccination programme is due to close at the end of July, but will extended in London. Photograph: Pascal Guyot/AFP/Getty Images

Health officials are extending vaccinations for mpox in London after recording a fresh spike in cases in the capital in recent weeks, mostly among unvaccinated people.

The national mpox outbreak vaccination programme run by the UK Health Security Agency is due to close at the end of July, but shots will be made available in the capital beyond this date after the detection of 11 new cases, officials said.

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