Stella Kyriakides, European Health Commissioner, announced on Monday that the Commission has obtained 54,530 doses of the Danish manufacturer Bavarian Nordic's third-generation monkeypox vaccine.
Following an initial purchase of EU vaccines in late June, Member States currently hold a total of more than 160,000 doses.
The Commissioner also indicated that the number of cases in the EU had surpassed 7,000, representing an almost 50% rise from the previous week.
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The Commission had already distributed 25,000 vaccines to the six most impacted Member States. This includes Belgium who have received over 3,000 doses.
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