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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andy Gregory

Second dose of monkeypox vaccine to be offered to those most at risk, government announces

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People deemed most at risk of contracting monkeypox will be offered a second dose of vaccine, the government has announced.

The move is spurred by new modelling which found that vaccinating 25 per cent of men who have sex with men, targeting those who have a higher number of partners, could reduce the spread of the virus by 70 per cent.

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