China News Agency, Paris, July 13 (Reporter Li Yang) According to data released by the French official local time on the 13th, France has confirmed a total of 912 cases of monkeypox.
The French Ministry of Health on the same day called for accelerated vaccination to effectively curb the spread of monkeypox.
The data released on the same day showed that the Paris region has confirmed a total of 569 cases of monkeypox, the cumulative number of confirmed cases ranks first among all major regions in France; the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in southern France has a total of 87 confirmed cases of monkeypox. A total of 68 cases of monkeypox have been confirmed in the Occitanie region in southwestern France.
There are some sporadic cases in east-central France.
Since the first case of monkeypox was detected in France in early May this year, a total of 5 women in France have been diagnosed with monkeypox; most of the confirmed cases are adult males, aged between 19 and 84; three-quarters of the confirmed cases are The patient claimed to have had at least two sexual partners in the 3 weeks prior to the onset of monkeypox symptoms.
The French Ministry of Health called on the 13th to accelerate vaccination in the next few days to effectively curb the spread of monkeypox.
The Ministry of Health said that vaccines against monkeypox have been delivered to 70 vaccination centers in succession, and the distribution of vaccines will increase in the next few days, with 5,000 doses of vaccines expected to be provided in the next two weeks.
Faced with the spread of the monkeypox virus, the spread of the outbreak and difficulties in tracing close contacts, French health authorities last week recommended expanding the scope of vaccinations to prevent the most at-risk groups from becoming infected.
Vaccination will be extended to monkeypox-susceptible groups, including homosexuals, multi-partner transgender people, and sex workers.
The French "Parisian" reported on the 13th that the health department has received reports that it is difficult to make an appointment for vaccination.
In this regard, the French Ministry of Health stated that it will speed up the deployment of resources so that satisfactory vaccination services can be provided.
The French General Health Agency announced on the 13th that it will open a monkeypox information hotline from the same day to provide free information consultation services on monkeypox symptoms, treatment and vaccination to the public from 8:00 am to 11:00 pm every day.
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