MVA-BN vaccine – Bhartiyanews24x7

The MVA-BN vaccine, manufactured by the Bavarian Nordic A/S, has been added to the list of prequalified vaccines against monkeypox, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said."The prequalification approval is expected to facilitate timely and increased access to this vital product in communities with urgent need, to reduce transmission and help contain the outbreak," the WHO has said in an official statement.“This first prequalification of a vaccine against mpox is an important step in our fight against the disease, both in the context of the current outbreaks in Africa, and in future,” said WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. “We now need urgent scale up in procurement, donations and rollout to ensure equitable access to vaccines where they are needed most, alongside oth...

Mpox virus has affected nearly 115 countries since its major outbreak in 2022. It has been declared a Global Health Emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO). Having wreaked havoc in the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighboring countries, this virus is now threatening to become the next global epidemic.According to WHO, "Mpox is an illness caused by the monkeypox virus.It is a viral infection that can spread between people, mainly through close contact, and occasionally from the environment to people via objects and surfaces that have been touched by someone with mpox. In areas where the monkeypox virus is present among certain wild animals, it can also be transmitted from infected animals to people who have contact with them."A potential pandemic?Mpox was once described as a ra...

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