austria and slovenia have registered their first cases of monkeypox health authorities said tuesdayin the czech republic the disease was detected in a man at pragues military university hospital according to pavel dlouhy head of the czech society for infectious diseasesin austria a man who was hospitalised in vienna on sunday with symptoms of monkeypox including fever has been confirmed to have contracted the disease the capitals health authorities saidin slovenia a man who developed symptoms after returning from the canary islands has also been confirmed to have monkeypox according to health authoritiesfrench health authority recommends targeted monkeypox vaccinationsfrances health authority said that it has recommended starting a targeted vaccination campaign against monkeypoxthe health authority said it recommended that atrisk adults who have been in contact with a patient with confirmed monkeypox should be vaccinatedthe authority said that this postexposure reactive strategy made sense given that the incubation period for the virus is often six to 16 daysit recommended thirdgeneration monkeypox vaccines and said they should be given ideally within four days and up to 14 days following exposuregermany orders 40000 vaccine doses as precaution against monkeypox spreadgermany has ordered 40000 doses of a bavarian nordic vaccine to be ready to vaccinate contacts of those infected with monkeypox if an outbreak in germany becomes more severe but officials are banking on other precautionary measures for nowmoderna testing potential monkeypox vaccinesmoderna inc is testing potential vaccines against monkeypox in preclinical trials as the disease spreads in the united states and europemoderna did not immediately respond to a request for more details on the monkeypox vaccinesthe us centers for disease control and prevention said the government was in the process of releasing doses of a smallpox vaccine jynneos made by bavarian nordic as for use in monkeypox caseswith agency inputs