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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent

UK needs urgent vaccine drive to curb monkeypox, campaigners say

Gloved hand handles vials
A medic prepares monkeypox vaccine doses in London. Photograph: Hollie Adams/Getty Images

Health authorities are underestimating the scale of the response required to stop monkeypox becoming endemic in the UK, sexual health campaigners have warned, as a new vaccination drive is launched.

The Terrence Higgins Trust urged the NHS and the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) to urgently pump cash into the system to pay more healthcare workers to administer vaccines. It also wants the number of doses ordered to be doubled to protect against a virus that has infected at least 2,208 people in the UK, according to the latest official figures.

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