Monkeypox declared disease of ‘national significance’ in Australia
by Paul Karp and Melissa Davey from World news | The Guardian on (#61WN8)
Guidelines for who should get immunised have also been updated ahead of newer vaccines being made available in Australia
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Australia has declared monkeypox a communicable disease incident of national significance" and has updated guidelines for who should get immunised ahead of newer vaccines being made available.
On Thursday the chief medical officer, Paul Kelly, revealed that there have been 44 cases of the disease in Australia, mostly in returned international travellers, people aged 21 to 40 years and men who have sex with men.
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