The number of cases of monkeypox is increasing in France. France had 33 “confirmed” cases of infection with the monkeypox virus on Wednesday morning, June 1, including 24 detected in the Paris region, health authorities announced on Thursday. A new updated report from Public Health France (SPF, public body) will be published on Friday. The previous one, communicated on Sunday, reported 16 confirmed cases. “The situation is evolving (…) very quickly”, which justifies a system of “permanent monitoring” of the transmission of this virus, explained SPF.
Health Minister Brigitte Bourguignon indicated last week that the authorities did not expect an “outbreak” of the disease, specifying that the country had sufficient stocks of vaccines for people with contact cases. Faced with cases of monkeypox, the High Authority for Health recommended on May 24 the vaccination of adults, including health professionals, who have had risky contact with a patient. Monkey pox (“monkeypox” in English) or “simian orthopoxvirosis” is a disease considered rare, known in humans since 1970. It is caused by a DNA virus.
So far, more than 500 positive cases of monkeypox (or Monkeypox) have been identified in countries where the virus does not usually circulate, particularly in Europe. Faced with this situation, the British authorities have recommended abstaining from sexual intercourse until the end of the symptoms. For its part, the World Health Organization (WHO) has sounded the alarm. According to her, the cases of monkeypox could, in fact, be much higher than those already detected and could be only “the tip of the iceberg”.
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