No Need For Mass Vaccination Against Monkeypox – WHO

The head of WHO has said that there is no need for mass vaccination against monkeypox because it's not highly transmissible.

According to Rosamund Lewis, the head of the World Health Organization's smallpox department, there is no need for mass vaccination against monkeypox, but contact tracing and isolation are still necessary to manage the outbreak.

According to the latest WHO advice, only people who deal with viruses professionally — such as lab workers, health workers, and first responders – should be considered for additional protections, Lewis said during a briefing in Geneva. Smallpox vaccinations and other smallpox countermeasures are thought to be effective against monkeypox.

“What we have advised so far is that there is no need for mass vaccination, there is no need for large immunization campaigns,” Lewis said.

"Contact tracing, investigation, and isolation remain the primary modes of control for the time being," she noted, because the disease is spread most...