WHO Recommends Three Vaccines For Use Against Monkeypox
Executive Summary
With limited supplies of vaccines available, manufacturers are being asked to provide the World Health Organization with their smallpox and monkeypox vaccine research plans, existing stocks of vaccine, and current production capacity.
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