Slowly but surely ?
While the latest report on Sunday reported 16 cases of monkeypox in France, health authorities are now announcing 33 confirmed cases.
A new updated report will be published on Friday.
“The situation is changing (…) very quickly”, which justifies a system for “sustaining surveillance” of the transmission of this virus, explained Public Health France.
Of this total, 24 cases were reported in Ile-de-France, two in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, one in Hauts-de-France, one in Center-Val de Loire, four in Occitanie and one in Normandy, according to figures from the public body.
This count was stopped this Wednesday morning at 10 a.m.
The Minister of Health, Brigitte Bourguignon, had indicated last week that the authorities did not expect an “outbreak” of the disease, and that the country had sufficient stocks of vaccines for people with contact cases.
Faced with cases of monkeypox, the High Authority for Health recommended on May 24 the vaccination of adults, including health professionals, who have had risky contact with a patient.
Monkey pox ("monkeypox" in English) or "simian orthopox virus" is a disease considered rare, known in humans since 1970. It is caused by a DNA virus.
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