Preventive vaccination against monkeypox "continues to gain momentum", said the office of the Minister of Health on Friday, referring to 30,000 doses of vaccine destocked, others to come and orders in the face of persistent criticism from associations and of elected.

Associations fighting against AIDS and some left-wing elected officials criticize the government for a sluggish campaign since its opening 11 days ago.

The Aides association thus called on Thursday for “a vaccination campaign + punch +” over the next two weeks and relying “on voluntary liberal health professionals, in particular (…) in resorts and territories. rural”.

"There are many places where you can get vaccinated," says Act Up Paris

“The vaccination offer continues to ramp up: 30,000 doses have already been destocked from strategic stocks, of which more than 20,000 are available in the field.

The destocking will continue in the coming weeks” in view of the needs reported by the regional health agencies, indicated the cabinet of François Braun to AFP, confirming information from other media, including Têtu.

In addition to the strategic stock, "the orders placed make it possible to respond without any difficulty to demand", it was reaffirmed.

For Aides, 100,000 to 300,000 people would need smallpox vaccination.

“It's very complicated to have vaccination slots quickly enough.

There are many points where you can get vaccinated but very few doses, ”said Friday on franceinfo Marc-Antoine Bartoli, prevention coordinator at Act Up Paris.

New vaccination centers operational in the coming days

For PS senator Bernard Jomier, “the state is playing with fire”.

"The delay will cause the virus to spread to other populations," said this doctor by training on Thursday at Public Senate.

"In just ten days, our mobilization has enabled the opening of a hundred vaccination centers throughout the territory, a dozen others will be operational in the very next few days," the minister's office pleaded on Friday.

And to emphasize that "France is one of the very first countries to offer this preventive vaccination with the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom" and the only one to have made it "totally free".

1,567 confirmed cases in France

WHO is due to announce soon whether or not it is declaring the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern, its highest level of alert, based on the recommendations of its emergency committee, which met Thursday.

Detected in early May, the unusual outbreak of monkeypox cases outside central and western African countries where the virus is endemic has since spread globally, with Europe as its epicenter.

France has 1,567 confirmed cases, according to the latest report from Public Health France, established on Thursday, against 912 a week earlier.

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