Experts say it can help prevent the disease, or make it less severe.
The UK government says it has bought stocks of smallpox vaccine to guard against monkeypox.
A spokeswoman from the UK Health Security Agency said: "Some individuals with higher level of exposures are being offered this smallpox vaccine. We have proactively procured further doses of these vaccines."What is monkeypox? It can be spread when someone comes into close contact with an infected person. The virus can enter the body through broken skin, the respiratory tract or through the eyes, nose or mouth.
Symptoms include fever, headache, muscle aches, backache, swollen lymph nodes, chills and exhaustion.
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