While Switzerland is close to the 400 cases of monkeypox, which makes it the sixth most infected country in the world per million inhabitants, the Federal Office of Public Health (OFSP) has still not placed its order for the vaccine. Since July 23, the disease has been described as a “public health emergency” by the World Health Organization. A maximum level of alert which has prompted most Western countries – the United States, France, Italy and even Germany – to embark on the race for preventive vaccination.
