Germany weighs if mpox jabs could be donated

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BERLIN—The German government is currently examining whether any available national mpox vaccine doses could be donated, the health ministry said in a status report for August seen by Reuters on Friday.

The ministry said it has given its remaining stock of the jynneos vaccine to the defense ministry and German army.

The federal government has around 117,000 doses of jynneos, which is being stockpiled by the German army, after Berlin procured it in 2022, a ministry spokesperson said this week.

International aid measures, such as donations from the European Commission, are underway, though details need to be clarified both in Europe and locally, added the ministry.

Germany so far has no reported cases of the clade 1 strain of mpox that has triggered global concern.

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