EU delivers first batch of monkeypox vaccines to Spain

BRUSSELS, June 28 (Xinhua) -- A first batch of 5,300 vaccine doses against monkeypox purchased by the European Commission's Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA) was delivered to Spain on Tuesday, a Commission spokesperson has said.

"As of today, the first deliveries of vaccines in response to the monkeypox outbreak are arriving to the most affected countries," Stella Kyriakides, European commissioner for health and food safety said.