London: The World Health Organization does not believe the outbreak monkeypox A senior official said on Monday that mass vaccination is needed in Europe and North America as measures such as good hygiene and safe sex practices will help control its spread.
In an interview with Reuters, Richard Peabody, who leads the high-threat pathogen team at WHO Europe, also said the immediate supply of vaccines is relatively limited.
He said the primary measures to control the outbreak are contact tracing and isolation.
Public health officials in Europe and North America are investigating more than 100 suspected and confirmed cases of the viral infection in the worst outbreak of the virus outside Africa. It has been endemic in Africa for decades.
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