Monkeypox Vaccines | The second batch of monkeypox vaccines will arrive “in weeks”

The Minister of Health, Carolina Dariashas advanced this Wednesday that the second shipment of vaccines against monkey pox will arrive “in the next few weeks” for the distribution of another 7,000 doses among the different autonomous communities.

Spain, he said, has been “the first State to receive the first 5,000 doses of the total of around 12,000 that correspond to it” and that he hopes it will be completed “in the coming weeks” with the second shipment of the 7,000 doses that are missing “to make them available to the autonomous communities.”

Darias explained that the Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA) acquired the monkeypox vaccine with a “very limited production and only for the states”, and the European Union “has already understood what is the centralized sales mechanism” and has made this vaccine available to the states.

In Darias’ opinion, “It is so important to have the vaccinesomething in which the Ministry of Health works with the European Commission, such as the autonomous communities inoculating the monkeypox vaccine they have”.

He stressed that he is “aware of the efforts of the communities” but asks “that this effort be continued in order to reach the maximum number of people who meet the criteria.”

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The minister has offered this information to the media after concluding the accession act of the eleven municipalities that make up the Mancomunidad del Norte de Gran Canaria to the Fast-Track Cities network (cities and municipalities with rapid response to HIV/AIDS), promoted by the Ministry of Health and the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP).

With this signing, held in Arucas, The Canary Islands become the autonomous community of Spain with the most affiliated municipalitiessince they are 15 of the 32 signatories from all over the Spanish territory.

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