NSW's monkeypox vaccine rollout begins by targeting those most at-risk

Those at the highest risk of contracting monkeypox will receive the first vaccine doses as NSW's rollout begins, in what's been labelled a "breakthrough moment". Key points: The state's program will start with 5,500 doses for specific groups It will expand when another 30,000 doses arrive in late September Health authorities believe cases are likely to rise NSW Health will from Monday supply 5,500 doses of the JYNNEOS smallpox vaccine to targeted groups deemed most vulnerable if the virus becomes endemic. The acting chief executive of HIV support and sexually diverse health service ACON, Karen Price, said case numbers in Australia are "extremely likely to increase". "We are engaged in discussions and would ask people to continue to be patient as NSW Health and community organisations work through vaccine distribution."