According to Reuters, Germany ordered 40,000 Imvanex™ smallpox vaccines from Bavarian Nordic to carry out ring vaccinations.
Ring vaccination is given to close contacts of an isolated infected person. This prevents the spread of a contagious and deadly disease. The ring is the group of people in close contact with the infected patient. The vaccinated people will provide a buffer to lessen the chance of transmission to the rest of the population.
According to Lothar Wieler of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), there have been five cases in Germany – all are men.
21 days isolation
German Health minister Karl Lauterbach plans to isolate people for 21 days to contain the outbreak. The incubation period of monkeypox is from 5 to 21 days. After that time, flu-like symptoms and a rash will start to happen.
Belgium has started to isolate people infected with monkeypox for 21 days.
Isolation and ring vaccination will hopefully contain the spread of monkeypox.
No evidence of respiratory tract transmission
The RKI also reports no evidence of spread through the respiratory tract. Current human infections are most likely to occur through close physical contact or so-called smear infections, i.e., contact with contaminated materials.
Respiratory spread can infect several people at one time at a greater distance. Furthermore, the virus goes straight to the lungs to cause pneumonia.
US has ordered smallpox vaccines
Similarly, the United States has also ordered $190 million worth of freeze-dried smallpox vaccine (JYNNEOS® ) for 2023 and 2024 from Bavarian Nordic.
Smallpox vaccine stockpile
The Washington Post reports that the US has a stockpile of over 100 million doses of an older generation of smallpox vaccine believed to be effective against monkeypox. The CDC also plans to hasten the supply of newer vaccines.
It looks like countries are getting proactive in preventing the spread of monkeypox. The World Health Organization is expecting more cases as summer comes.
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