The first two people, considered to have had risky contact with a patient with monkey poxwere vaccinated Friday in Paris, at the Bichat hospital, we learned from the Directorate General of Health.
In accordance with the opinion of the High Authority for Health (HAS) issued on Tuesday, “it is a very targeted vaccination that is offered to people who have had a contact considered to be at risk“, it was indicated.
The first vaccinated, a man in his thirties and residing in Paris, who wished to remain anonymous, told AFP that he was the contact case of the first confirmed patient in France on May 20.
My case was discussed because I was not exposed through sexual relations, which does not make me a red case but rather an orange one
“I saw him on May 14 in the afternoon in an apartment in Paris. I have not had sex with this person but I have been in prolonged (physical) contact with this person, for three hours, in the same space“, he testified to AFP.
“My case was discussed because I was not exposed through sexual relations, which does not make me a red case but rather an orange one“, he explained.