Seoul, June 22 (TIWN) South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol called on Wednesday for stronger measures against the inflow of monkeypox after the country reported its first two suspected cases the previous day, an official said.

Yoon instructed health authorities to strengthen quarantine measures for foreign arrivals and to thoroughly monitor the possibility of additional cases, Yonhap news agency reported, citing the presidential official.  Yoon also told health authorities "to be fully ready to swiftly deploy the available vaccines and treatments to the medical front-lines and to complete the introduction of third-generation vaccines and antiviral treatments against monkeypox as soon as possible," the official said.