The Minister for Health has established a special emergency response team to tackle the growing threat of monkeypox.
There have now been 113 cases of the disease here and Stephen Donnelly has assembled the advisory group as the threat does not seem to be receding. The HSE announced on Wednesday night that they will start giving out vaccines in the next few weeks.
However, there will be a huge shortfall as they will only be able to provide 10% of 6,000 high-risk patients with jabs. But the head of the new advisory group, Chief Medical Officer Prof Breda Smyth, said she expects more deliveries of vaccines before Christmas.
