“As of July 28, 2022 at 12 p.m., 1,955 confirmed cases have been identified in France”, revealed Public Health France about the epidemic of monkey pox. The epidemic therefore continues to increase. The previous update reported 1,837 cases, as of July 26.
“The cases resided most frequently in Île-de-France (814 cases or 53% of cases whose region of residence is known), in Occitanie (170 cases, or 11%) and in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (161 cases , i.e. 10%)”, specifies the SPF situation update, published this Friday, July 29, 2022.
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The vast majority of cases are in men who have sex with men
“All cases identified to date are adult males, except 12 adult females and 2 children (under 15)”, continues Public Health France. In addition, 96% of case of monkeypox for which sexual orientation is reported occurred among men who have sex with men.
As a reminder, the “Monkeypox info service” telephone line is accessible every day from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m., on the toll-free number 0 801 90 80 69 to answer questions about this virus.
Preventive vaccination has been opened for those most exposed to the virus, but many testimonials report very slow start-up making it very difficult; almost impossible to get an appointment.
To date, more than 11,000 people have been vaccinated. A figure to be compared to that put forward by the association for the fight against AIDS Aides: according to it, 150,000 people in France could be affected by this vaccine.