France had until Wednesday morning 33 confirmed cases of infection with the monkey pox virus, health authorities announced on Thursday.
Of this total, 24 cases have been identified in Île-de-France, two in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, one in Hauts-de-France, one in Center-Val de Loire, four in Occitanie and one in Normandy, according to figures from Public Health France (SPF).
This count was stopped Wednesday morning at 10 am, said the public body, adding that a new updated report will be published the next day.
The previous report, released on Sunday, reported 16 confirmed cases. “The situation is changing (…) very quickly“, which justifies a device for “perennial monitoring” of the transmission of this virus, explained SPF.
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The Minister of Health, Brigitte Bourguignon, had indicated last week that the authorities did not expect a “soaringof the disease, and that the country had sufficient stocks of vaccines for contact cases.
Faced with cases of monkey pox, a disease known to humans since 1970, the High Authority for Health recommended on May 24 the vaccination of adults, including health professionals, who had had risky contact with a patient.
This uncommon disease usually manifests with fever, muscle aches, swollen lymph nodes, and rashes on the hands and face, like chickenpox.
Following the appearance of several cases in different countries around the world, particularly in Europe and America, the European Union’s agency in charge of diseases and epidemics affirmed to “monitor the situation closely”, recommending “isolate and test suspected cases and report them promptly».
With MAP