The Ministry of Health’s medicine regulatory arm Medsafe is encouraging people to report any suspected adverse reactions to the mpox vaccine after two reports of a possible link to pericarditis.
Pericarditis is treatable, particularly with early detection and diagnosis.
Anyone receiving the vaccine is already alerted to the possible risk of pericarditis as a rare potential side effect of the mpox vaccine.
Medsafe is reminding vaccinated people to seek urgent medical attention if they experience symptoms following vaccination.
Medsafe says that early alerts are just that, an early indication that there may be something there that needs to be looked at more closely.
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