On Friday, the French health authorities announced the discovery of 51 cases of monkeypox, amid an increase in the number of confirmed cases around the world.
Paris reported the first injuries in May, and the total number of confirmed cases on Wednesday was 33.
On Friday, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that it was aware of more than 700 cases of monkeypox worldwide, including 21 cases in the United States.
The French Public Health Authority said that all injuries were recorded in men aged between 22 and 63 years, and that only one person was admitted to the hospital and subsequently discharged from it.
French Health Minister Brigitte Bourguignon said last week that officials did not expect an “outbreak of the disease” and that the country had a sufficient stockpile of vaccines.
France recommended vaccinating adults and health workers.
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In Canada, as of Friday, the guardians had counted 77 confirmed cases of monkeypox, almost the majority of which were detected in Quebec, where the authorities considered the situation “alarming.”
Canada reported its first two cases on May 20 in the French-speaking province.
Dr. Howard Ngo, an official with the Federal Public Health Agency, said during a press conference that the situation was “alarming.”
He pointed out that the authorities are especially afraid of “the emergence of cases” that will spread among “families and affect pregnant women or young children.”
He also stated that this prevalence is not limited to “a specific group or environment” and therefore can affect “any person regardless of their sexual identity or sexual orientation”.
The county has received smallpox vaccines that can be effective in protecting contacts with monkeypox patients.
Monkeypox is, according to the World Health Organization, a rare zoonotic viral disease (the virus is transmitted from animal to human), and the symptoms of human infection are similar to those of people with smallpox, but are less severe.
Some patients develop enlarged lymph nodes before a rash appears, a feature that distinguishes monkeypox from other similar diseases.
There is no treatment or vaccine currently available to combat this virus, but vaccination against smallpox has proven highly effective in preventing monkeypox.
Monkeypox was first detected in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1970, and since then most cases have been reported in the rainforests of the Congo Basin and West Africa.