Israel has recorded fewer than 200 cases of monkeypox but the country learned from COVID-19 that moving quickly can make or break a country's response to an infectious disease.
Thousands of tiny vials of a rare and valuable vaccine are about to be sent to health clinics across Israel for the country's first blitz to control an outbreak of monkeypox.Israel was credited with having the world's fastest COVID-19 vaccine rollout in early 2021Despite having recorded only 125 cases of disease, Israeli health authorities have taken the unusual approach of securing 10,000 monkeypox vaccines for its residents.
Dr Gal Wagner, an LGBT medical specialist in Tel Aviv, says many of his patients are relieved Israel is moving quickly on monkeypox.
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