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No, the AstraZeneca vaccine isn’t causing Monkeypox

By France24
05 June 2022   |   5:03 am
Social media users worldwide are claiming that an ingredient in the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine - namely the "chimpanzee adenovirus vector" - is the reason behind the increase in global Monkeypox infections. However, these viruses are completely unrelated. We tell you why in this edition of Truth or Fake with Vedika Bahl.

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