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A man receives a monkeypox vaccine at an outdoor walk-in clinic in Montreal on Saturday, July 23. AP
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Healthcare workers prepare monkeypox vaccines at the Test Positive Aware Network nonprofit clinic in Chicago. Reuters
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People line up outside the Test Positive Aware Network nonprofit clinic to receive the monkeypox vaccine in Chicago, Illinois. Reuters
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Dr Emily Drwiega from the University of Illinois Health and Maggie Butler, a registered nurse, prepare monkeypox vaccines. Reuters
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An employee of the GGD Haaglanden prepares equipment to dispense the monkeypox vaccination at a vaccination location in Rijswijk, in the Netherlands. EPA
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A health worker walks inside an isolation ward built as a precautionary measure for monkeypox patients at a civil hospital in Ahmedabad, India. on July 25. AFP
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Crowds queue for monkeypox vaccinations at Guys Hospital on July 24 in London. Getty Images
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A man receives a vaccination dose against monkeypox in London. Getty Images
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A man receives a monkeypox vaccine at an outdoor walk-in clinic in Montreal on Saturday, July 23. AP
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Healthcare workers prepare monkeypox vaccines at the Test Positive Aware Network nonprofit clinic in Chicago. Reuters
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People line up outside the Test Positive Aware Network nonprofit clinic to receive the monkeypox vaccine in Chicago, Illinois. Reuters
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Dr Emily Drwiega from the University of Illinois Health and Maggie Butler, a registered nurse, prepare monkeypox vaccines. Reuters
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An employee of the GGD Haaglanden prepares equipment to dispense the monkeypox vaccination at a vaccination location in Rijswijk, in the Netherlands. EPA
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A health worker walks inside an isolation ward built as a precautionary measure for monkeypox patients at a civil hospital in Ahmedabad, India. on July 25. AFP
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Crowds queue for monkeypox vaccinations at Guys Hospital on July 24 in London. Getty Images
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A man receives a vaccination dose against monkeypox in London. Getty Images
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A man receives a monkeypox vaccine at an outdoor walk-in clinic in Montreal on Saturday, July 23. AP
How can the world halt the spread of monkeypox?
Moving to vaccinate at-risk groups could help to contain the outbreak
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