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Monkey pox in France: "Access to vaccination is starting to become easier"
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A woman waits for a dose of monkeypox vaccine at the Edison municipal vaccination center in Paris on July 27, 2022. AFP - ALAIN JOCARD
By: Florent Guignard Follow
With 30,000 vaccinated to date, and even though the number of people vaccinated has almost doubled in one week, vaccination against monkeypox is progressing slowly in France.
From this Wednesday, five pharmacies across the country can start vaccinating on an experimental basis.
Are the means deployed adequate?
Some answers with Olivier Bouchaud, head of the infectious and tropical diseases department at the Avicenne hospital in Bobigny.
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