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Japan approves smallpox vaccine to prevent monkeypox
TOKYO: To prevent monkeypox, an expert panel of Japan’s health ministry on Friday approved the use of a smallpox vaccine made by KM Biologics Co, based in the southwestern city of Kumamoto.Smallpox vaccines are about 85 per cent effective in preventing monkeypox, Jiji Press quoted the ministry.The panel approved the KM Biologics vaccine for use in preventing infections with monkeypox and the development of severe symptoms.KM Biologics is a unit of Japanese food and pharmaceuticals company Meiji Holdings Co.The ministry has vaccinated 50 medical workers at the National Centre for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM) for research purposes.It has allowed the use of foreign-made monkeypox treatment

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