Yasmina Kattou edited by Wassila Belhacine 06:33, June 03, 2022
More than 600 cases worldwide and 33 cases of monkey pox have been identified in the four corners of France, including 24 in Île-de-France.
A new quantified assessment will be unveiled this Friday by the health authorities.
The latter should be higher.
Europe 1 takes stock this morning of the spread of the disease.
The medical community is on alert to track down the slightest case and limit the circulation of monkeypox.
Specialists want to be reassuring for several reasons.
First of all because each patient is the subject of a mandatory report to the authorities.
It is therefore easy to go back to the contact cases and isolate them.
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A vaccination campaign is not necessary
Then, to prevent the spread of the virus, French doctors are armed.
Although there is no specific treatment for monkeypox, a conventional antiviral against smallpox is also effective.
It is reserved for the most severe forms.
In the arsenal there is also a vaccine available.
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For infected people, the vaccine can reduce the intensity of symptoms - for contact cases, it can prevent the infection from developing.
In view of the small number of people affected, the ministry specifies that it is not necessary to launch a large-scale vaccination campaign.
In France, a dozen people affected by monkey pox have been vaccinated.