Lhe first confirmed case of monkey pox, or monkeypox, in France dates back to May 19. Since May 13, 2022 and June 2, 2022, 780 cases of monkeypox laboratory-confirmed cases have been reported or identified by WHO in 27 Member States from four WHO regions not endemic to the virus.
As of June 3, 2022 at 2 p.m., 51 confirmed cases of monkeypox have been reported in France by Public Health France: 37 in Ile-de-France, 6 in Occitanie, 4 in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, 2 in Normandy, 1 in Hauts-de-France and 1 in Centre-Val de Loire.
Of 45 cases confirmed as of June 2, 2022, 43 were the subject of an investigation, one refused it and the last could not be reached, according to Public Health France.
All the cases investigated are men, aged between 22 and 63 years (median age: 37 years). Among the cases investigated, two are immunocompromised, one was hospitalized but is no longer so; none died.
To date, as in other European countries, these cases have occurred mainly, but not exclusively, in men who have sex with men, with no direct link to people returning from endemic areas.
Among the cases investigated, Public Health France notes that 22 traveled abroad before their symptoms started, including some in several different countries: 13 trips are thus reported in Spain, 3 in Belgium, 3 in Germany, 1 in Portugal, 1 in the United Kingdom, 1 in the Netherlands, 1 in Morocco, and 1 in India. Most of the cases investigated declare that they cannot identify the person who allegedly infected them. Finally, two of the cases investigated are secondary casesunvaccinated, of confirmed cases in France.
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