The move comes after similar clearances in Canada and the US as the outbreak is declared a global health emergency
A little-known Danish drugmaker won formal approval in the EU for its vaccine against monkeypox as the World Health Organisation declared the outbreak a global health emergency.
The global flare-up of monkeypox, which has spread to about 16,000 people in more than 70 countries in just a few months, was elevated to the WHO’s highest level of alert over the weekend as the head of the agency declared it a public-health emergency of international concern — the first such ruling since the coronavirus and a formal step that helps marshal more resources to curb the outbreak.
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