The European Union reaches an agreement to be able to supply 110,000 vaccines against monkeypox

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The

has signed an agreement with Bavarian Nordic for the supply of some

monkeypox vaccines, the EU Commission and the company said.

The vaccines will be purchased with

and delivered to EU states, EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides has said.

The

will be delivered in proportion to the population, starting with the states with the most urgent needs

and be completed in the coming months, the company has said.

Around

have been registered in 19 EU countries and also in Norway and Iceland, which will be entitled to receive doses despite

, the Commission has indicated.

Danish biotech Bavarian Nordic

's

.

The

against monkeypox is not yet licensed in the EU, the EU Commission said. "However, the smallpox vaccine also protects people from

, as this virus is closely related to the smallpox virus," the Commission pointed out.

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is in talks with

for rapid approval. Some EU states, including

, have already placed their own orders for monkeypox vaccines.

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