The monkeypox scare: The US authorities announced today (Tuesday) that they will change the dose of each vaccine, so that each injection will contain one-fifth of the dose that was until now. However, the new dose will have to undergo emergency approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). According to reports, the move will help alleviate the severe vaccine shortage, which has become a serious political problem for the Biden administration.
According to reports in the United States, in less than three months, more than 8,900 cases of monkeypox were reported across the country. The virus spreads from person to person mainly through close physical contact, with infectious lesions. Although more than a billion dollars have been invested in the development of the “Jynneos” vaccine that works against Starting with smallpox, the US government currently has only 1.1 million usable vaccines. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 1.7 million doses of vaccine are needed for the entire population at high risk of infection.
At the same time, officials at the American Ministry of Health said last week that they have so far distributed about 600,000 vaccine doses to the various authorities throughout the country. The Department of Health has released a broader public freedom statement that will allow the federal government to more easily allocate money and resources to fight the virus. Also, the country’s authorities conducted a study on “intradermal injection” against the disease, and showed that when the vaccine was injected between the layers of the skin, it caused an immune response similar to that of the injection through the fat under the skin.
However, John F. Moore, an expert virologist, said that “the intradermal method can be complicated for those who store, who must lead a needle into a thin space. If the store injects too deeply and injects the dose into the fat, the patient may not receive the correct dose of vaccine. If the needle is not inserted correctly, Part of the vaccine may leak back out.”
In the meantime, in Britain it was announced that within two to three weeks, the vaccinations against the viral disease will run out in the country. This, after the country has a little more than 8,300 vaccines left. A new shipment of about 100,000 vaccines will not arrive until September, it was reported in the state.