If the monkey pox cases were to spread, demand for the vaccine against small pox can pick up. World Health Organisation (WHO) has stated that, “Vaccination against small pox was demonstrated through several observational studies to be about 85% effective in preventing monkey pox. Thus, prior small pox vaccination may result in milder illness.”
Doctors in Telangana too have started to speak about the effect of the vaccine in offering protection against monkey pox, and its availability.
However, the WHO has also stated that “the original (first-generation) small pox vaccines are no longer available to the general public”.
