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Monkeypox: 2,889 confirmed cases and more than 100,000 doses delivered

2022-08-19T17:00:24.041Z


The vaccination campaign against monkeypox is starting to gain momentum in France with more than 100,000 doses delivered to the centers while...


The vaccination campaign against monkeypox is starting to ramp up in France with more than 100,000 doses delivered to centers while the number of confirmed cases continues to increase, indicates Public Health France on Friday August 19.

2889 confirmed cases of monkey pox had been identified Thursday in France, reports the health agency in a point of situation.

All concerned male adults with the exception of 34 women and 7 children, specifies SpF.

That is three additional children since the previous report published on Wednesday.

In addition, the contamination of a dog by its masters in Paris was reported last week in the medical journal

The Lancet

.

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Regarding the geographical distribution of cases according to place of residence or reporting, Île-de-France remains largely in the lead with nearly 1,700 cases identified, followed by Occitanie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Provence- Alpes-Côte d'Azur with 251, 217 and 203 cases respectively.

The number of new cases recorded in one week decreased slightly compared to that of the previous week (216 against 250. But this does not necessarily reflect a slowdown in the epidemic because contact cases with suggestive clinical signs are not necessarily tested.

To counter the epidemic, 189 vaccination sites (centres, pharmacies, etc.) were opened on the territory and 103,000 doses of vaccine had been delivered there in total as of Thursday, or 46,475 additional doses in one week.

As of August 17, 43,767 doses had been administered, reports the Ministry of Health.

A figure still far from the 37,000 weekly vaccinations requested last week by associations in order to allow the vaccination before the end of the summer of the entire public deemed to be at risk of contamination.

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Since July 11, vaccination against monkeypox has been offered nationwide to men who have sex with men and trans people declaring multiple sexual partners, sex workers and professionals working in places of sexual consumption.

This target population was estimated in July, for men who have had sex with men with multiple partners in the last six months alone, at “

about 250,000 people

”, by the High Authority for Health (HAS).

Source: lefigaro

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