This had never happened in France before.
A first confirmed case of monkey pox, also called Monkeypox, has been reported in a child attending primary school in Île-de-France, reports the Regional Health Agency.
He was taken care of and shows no signs of seriousness.
The ARS Île-de-France and the teams of Public Health France, which indicate that they "immediately began the investigations in order to trace the child's chain of contacts as quickly as possible", have already identified a probable case. within the same sibling.
Measures have been taken with National Education and a message has been sent to the parents of children who are at-risk contacts at the school attended by the child.
In particular, it invites the parents concerned to monitor the appearance of symptoms, such as fever or rashes.
France had 330 confirmed cases of infection with the monkeypox virus on Thursday, according to health authorities, adding that the first infected woman had a partner who previously reported a rash.
More information to come...