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Push for targeted monkeypox vaccine rollout in France, Denmark

This handout photo taken in the year 2001 and received on May 23, 2022 from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the German federal government agency and research institute responsible for disease control and prevention, shows a colored electron-microscopic capture of the monkeypox virus. AFP - ANDREA MAENNEL,ANDREA SCHNARTENDORFF

Health authorities in France and Denmark want to start a vaccination campaign targeting adults who have been exposed to monkeypox – a milder version of smallpox that spreads easily through sexual activity.

Five cases have been detected in France and two in Denmark, although the UK and Spain are bearing the brunt of European outbreak with dozens of infections between them.

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