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UK says monkeypox vaccine is '78% effective'
UK says monkeypox vaccine is '78% effective'
by  AFP

UK public health officials on Tuesday said the monkeypox vaccine was 78 percent effective, urging men who have sex with men to take up the jab. The UK Health Security Agency said its latest analysis "gives an estimate of vaccine effectiveness for a single dose of 78 percent 14 or more days after vaccination".

Prince Andrew heckler will not be prosecuted: Crown Office
Prince Andrew heckler will not be prosecuted: Crown Office
by  AFP

A 22-year-old man who heckled Prince Andrew as he walked behind his mother Queen Elizabeth II's coffin in Edinburgh will not be prosecuted, the Crown Office said on Tuesday. But the Crown Office, which brings prosecutions in Scotland, said it could not say what alternative was used in this case.

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