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The European Union is working on a common purchasing agreement for vaccines and antivirals against monkeypox, as cases of the viral disease gathers steam in Europe and beyond.

An employee of the vaccine company Bavarian Nordic works in a laboratory of the company in Martinsried near Munich, Germany, May 24, 2022An employee of the vaccine company Bavarian Nordic works in a laboratory of the company in Martinsried near Munich, Germany, May 24, 2022monkeypoxA broad consensus was reached in principle with member states for the Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority to acquire medical countermeasures on their behalf as soon as possible, a European Commission...

Bergstrom said that no contract with either firm had yet been signed. “But it will go quickly. We should have a contract ready in a week or so and maybe some limited deliveries in June,” the paper quoted him saying. Bavarian Nordic’s vaccine has official European approval for smallpox, although doctors can prescribe it off-label for monkeypox. SIGA’s treatment tecovirimat – branded as TPOXX – has European approval for smallpox, monkeypox and cowpox.

 

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PLEASE...We are tired of this vaccines. They must disclose all data before they inject the people with it. Who can arrwat Billgates for world's peace?

What if Monkeypox is caused by vaccines? Just asking

Here we go again!!

We wanna hear about Glencoe and all their shenanigans in SA, not this mediocre reporting

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