Monkeypox affected three Périgourdins according to information from France Bleu Périgord. These are mild cases according to the Périgueux hospital. The epidemic is progressing in our department as in the rest of the country. In France, there are now just under 2,000 cases. This Tuesday, 200 personalities, elected officials, associations and citizens asked, in a column published in the Huffington Post, the Senate to investigate the management of this epidemic by the government. They believe that there is a lack of information on vaccination and on the number of doses available and accuse the government of poor management.
Vaccination possible in Périgueux
In the Dordogne, since July 18 it is possible to be vaccinated at the free information, screening and diagnosis center for sexually transmitted infections at the Périgueux hospital by making an appointment. According to Doctor Florent Peelman, coordinating doctor.
The doses are intended in priority according to the High Authority for Health to men who have sex with several men and to people who have several sexual partners, to sex workers, and to professionals who work for example in libertine clubs or libertine saunas. .
Doctor Florent Peelman, coordinating physician at CeGIDD “there is a real demand from the LGBT community, the prevention message is getting through and people are coming to get vaccinated”. He estimates that “It’s a population that spreads prevention messages very well and it’s a population that comes in droves and is willing to be vaccinated”. The coordinating doctor recognizes that there is a real “concern about the stigma that this disease can induce […] mostly benign”.
Thirty people vaccinated by the end of the week
Vaccine doses are delivered weekly according to Doctor Florent Peelman by the Regional Health Agency and kept at minus 80 degrees in a specific fridge. By the end of the week, about thirty people will have received a first dose of vaccine. Twenty vaccines will then be available each week. Even if the CeGIDD closes from August 8 to 21, vaccination continues during this period on Monday afternoon, Wednesday afternoon and Thursday all day.
Contact details for the free center for information, screening and diagnosis of sexually transmitted infections:
05.53.45.26.48