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An increasing number of countries have confirmed monkey pox, which forms blisters all over the body.

Our government is preparing for it, but has not disclosed specific details.

As we did our coverage, it was confirmed that, in case of emergency, the vaccine could quickly hit a large number of people.



More details will be provided by medical reporter Dong-chan Cho.



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These are the results of last year's domestic study on the human smallpox vaccine.



A research team at Yonsei University College of Medicine conducted an animal test with the second-generation human smallpox vaccine to prepare for bioterrorism.



It has been shown that the vaccine effect is maintained for more than 6 months when thin plastic 1 cm in diameter with several microneedles is attached to the back of a rat like a band-aid for 30 minutes.



When applied to humans, rapid mass inoculation is possible in case of emergency.



The National Institute of Health also announced last month that it had found a way to increase storage and usability of the 35 million human smallpox vaccine in Korea through a thesis.



The monkey smallpox vaccine was developed only by a Danish company, but the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is considering introducing it in small quantities for experimental purposes.



This is because the human smallpox vaccine is enough to prevent about 85% of monkey smallpox.



The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) believes that even if monkey smallpox is introduced, large-scale vaccination is not necessary due to its low transmission power.



Some medicines have been developed in the United States, but you don't have to rush to get them.



[Ki-Jong Hong / Editor-in-Chief of the Korean Vaccine Society: Because there were very few (human smallpox patients), there is not much analysis or experience of the efficacy of the treatment



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According to a Harvard University survey in the United States, between 1970 and 2019, there were 33 bioterrorism attacks, killing 9 people and injuring 806 people.



Old infectious diseases such as smallpox are highly likely to be exploited.



[Ki-Jong Hong / Editor-in-Chief of the Korean Vaccine Society: Pathogens that have disappeared for a long time are considered for the reason that they will not be easily detected in the early stage when bioterrorism or biological warfare is waged with them.



] If scabs appear in various areas, he said that monkey pox is suspected, and advised to avoid contact with others and be tested.



(Video coverage: Jeong Sang-bo, video editing: Kim Jong-mi)