Indonesian government orders nearly 2,000 doses of mpox vaccine from Denmark

Vials of the JYNNEOS smallpox and mpox vaccine are placed on a table during a clinic offered by the Pima County Department of Public Health at Abrams Public Health Center in Tucson, Arizona, the United States, on Aug. 20, 2022. - Photo: Reuters file

JAKARTA: The government has ordered thousands of doses of mpox vaccines from Denmark in an effort to prevent the illness’ spread, amid escalating global concern over the viral infection.

A shipment of 1,600 vaccine doses, the second from the Scandinavian country, is expected to arrive next week, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said on Tuesday (Aug 27).