is calling for eligible people to get a vaccine against mpox amid an ongoing outbreak.
The state has reported 121 cases so far this year.
There are two clades (or strains) of mpox. This outbreak involves the less severe clade II.
Here’s the latest.
Mpox
is mostly spread through close or prolonged skin-to-skin contact.
Symptoms of the virus include fever and rashes. It can also cause severe headaches, sore muscles, and skin lesions.
Most cases cause mild illness, but mpox can be especially serious for young immunocompromised or pregnant people.
Vaccination is an effective prevention method. However, mpox immunisation access is limited in some countries.
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Vaccine
Victoria’s Health Department says men who have sex with men are currently at the most risk of mpox.
It recommends this group, as well as people with HIV, sex workers, healthcare workers, and partners of these people get vaccinated.
Free mpox vaccines are available in Victoria from places including GPs, pharmacies, sexual health facilities, and hospitals.
The current advice is to get two vaccinations.
WHO
Earlier this month, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced mpox was an international
However, WHO Europe Director Hans Kluge said mpox “is not the ‘new covid’.”
Kluge said clade II caused the mpox outbreak in 2022, and that “we know quite a lot about clade II already.”
