Earlier this month, the Sundhedsstyrelsen health authority made the Monkeypox vaccine available for men who have sex with men and for those who have a high number of sexual partners.
Now, Sundhedsstyrelsen can confirm that Denmark has registered its first case of a woman becoming infected with the disease – one of five new cases reported on Friday.
“This is the first Monkeypox case outside the known risk group in Denmark,” said the health minister, Magnus Heunicke.
“Statens Serum Institut [SSI] assesses that with the current number of incidents, isolated cases outside the risk group can be expected.”
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Pregnant, kids and weak immunes
WHO revealed last week that there have been 176 cases involving women across Europe so far in 2022 – about 1.1 percent of all cases.
Up until recently, all cases registered in Denmark involved men who have sex with men.
SSI evaluates that the risk of a serious bout of Monkeypox is low for all groups, except for pregnant women, children and individuals with a compromised immune system.
On August 12, Parliament sanctioned the purchase of a further 10,000 doses of Imvanex from vaccine producer Bavarian Nordic.
