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Panjabi said that the Biden administration has deployed some 1,200 doses of vaccine and 100 treatment courses to at-risk contacts and patients in the outbreak. Most have been of the recently-approved Jynneos vaccine, produced by Bavarian Nordic, which several states say they have sought out from the federal government's stockpile.

Officials said U.S. stockpiles of Jynneos have climbed, but declined to offer a specific figure citing "national security."

"We continue to have more than enough vaccine available. We do have them pre-positioned in several sites around the country," Dawn O'Connell, assistant secretary for preparedness and response at the Department of Health and Human Services, told reporters.

O'Connell's agency oversees the national stockpile of both Jynneos and the older ACAM2000 vaccines, which have also been requested by at least one state.

O'Connell said authorities had been cautious about shipping buy phone number list too many doses of Jynneos out of Bavarian Nordic's cold storage, which shortens the shelf life of the vaccines.

"We're working closely with Bavarian the vaccine that we think we currently need," said O'Connell.

The monkeypox virus is rarely seen outside of Africa, so the recent outbreak of cases worldwide has caused concern among global health experts. But on Monday, the World Health Organization said it is unlikely this will turn into a pandemic.

Rosamund Lewis, who leads the smallpox secretariat of the WHO's Emergencies Programme, said that right now, "We are not concerned of a global pandemic." She did say, however, that agency officials are concerned about the long list of unknowns pertaining to monkeypox and the virus' spread.

"We are concerned that individuals may acquire this infection through high-risk exposure if they don't have the information they need to protect themselves.