Indonesia to Distribute Monkeypox Vaccine by the End of 2022
The vaccine will be distributed to immunocompromised individuals, not the entire community.
JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Indonesia’s Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said that the government will distribute the monkeypox vaccine to those who are at high risk of exposure to the disease starting from the end of this year. “The distribution [of monkeypox vaccine] will be done at the end of this year,” Budi said at the Presidential Palace on Thursday, Aug. 25. He said that the monkeypox vaccine will not be distributed to the entire public. “The vaccine will be distributed to immunocompromised individuals, not the entire community. Most of the people have already received the [smallpox] vacci...