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EU buys 110,000 vaccine doses against monkeypox

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A spokesperson of the European Commission says the EU has purchased almost 110,000 vaccine doses to help tackle the monkeypox outbreak and would share them out among the bloc's members. The jabs, made by Danish firm Bavarian Nordic, are currently authorised for use in the EU against smallpox, but officials say they will also work against the monkeypox virus. SOUNDBITE

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