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About 1,100 people can receive a preventive vaccine against monkeypox in Antwerp next week

The default target group is men who have sex with men and who have had at least 1 STI in the past year. They are the group at the highest risk of contracting the virus. “We see that since the outbreak of the monkeypox virus outbreak, about 400 people have been infected, mainly men in the 20 to 59-year-old age group who have sex with men. But new infections are added every week. . In this way, we can reach a target group currently unknown to HIV referral centers, “says Flemish Health Minister Hilde Crevits (CD&V).

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