The government announced Monday, July 25 to mobilize "
additional arms
" to vaccinate against monkeypox, at a time when elected officials and associations denounce the lack of means to curb the outbreak of the disease.
"
We are going to mobilize additional arms
" to ensure vaccination against monkeypox, said Monday, July 25 on BFMTV the Minister of Health, François Braun.
“
Healthy students
” will be able to take care of these vaccinations, the ministry told AFP.
A decree will appear on Tuesday in the Official Journal to detail the terms of the project.
"
To date, more than a hundred vaccination centers are in place, more than 42,000 doses have been destocked, more than 6,000 people have received this preventive vaccination
", underlined the minister, while elected officials and associations criticize the government's attitude to the epidemic.
“
We largely have the number of doses sufficient for the population which is mainly at risk and mainly affected by this disease
”, assured François Braun.
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The town hall of Paris called on Monday for "
emergency measures
" from the state to obtain more doses and personnel vaccinating against this disease, on the eve of the opening of a specific vaccination center in the capital which concentrates a large part of the French cases.
This “
will be able to very significantly increase the volume of vaccinations
”, assured the minister.
1567 confirmed cases in France
According to Public Health France, the capital region counted on Thursday in number of residents nearly half (726) of the 1,567 confirmed cases in France.
For its part, Inter-LGBT protested against the "
lack of preparation and transparency of the government
", citing "
difficulties in making an appointment
" for vaccination and "
deliveries of insufficient doses
".
Before that, the AIDES association for the fight against HIV had demanded last Thursday "
the deployment by the State of a 'punch' vaccination campaign, relying on volunteer liberal health professionals
" .
in particular located in “
holiday resorts
”.
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The government announced on July 8 the extension of vaccination to "
men who have sex with men and trans people reporting multiple sexual partners
", to "
persons in a situation of prostitution
" and to "
professionals in places of consumption ".
sexual
”.
It was previously only offered to adults who had risky contact with a patient.
Diagnosis of this Monkeypox virus is based on examination and questioning of the patient.
Tests, including PCR, can also confirm the diagnosis.
The High Authority for Health decided on Monday for the reimbursement by Health Insurance of these detection tests, specifying that they should only intervene “
in the event of persistent doubt after clinical examination
”.