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Over 2 000 people infected with monkeypox in France: Minister

2 August 2022, 9:15 PM  |
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A nurse holds a monkeypox vaccination at the Northwell Health Immediate Care Center at Fire Island-Cherry Grove, in New York, U.S., July 15, 2022.

A nurse holds a monkeypox vaccination at the Northwell Health Immediate Care Center at Fire Island-Cherry Grove, in New York, U.S., July 15, 2022.

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A nurse holds a monkeypox vaccination at the Northwell Health Immediate Care Center at Fire Island-Cherry Grove, in New York, U.S., July 15, 2022.

A total of 2 171 people have been infected with monkeypox in France, health minister Francois Braun said on Tuesday.

Braun told parliament that France was one of the first countries to start offering free vaccination against the disease and that 42 000 doses have been delivered so far.

France has enough doses to vaccinate a target population of about 250 000 people, he added.

India confirms Asia’s first monkeypox death

India confirmed its first monkeypox death on Monday , a young man in the southern state of Kerala, in what is only the fourth known fatality from the disease in the current outbreak.

Kerala’s health minister, Veena George, said that he had tested positive in the United Arab Emirates before returning to India.

“We were informed that the person had done a test on 19th (July 19) at UAE (United Arab Emirates) for monkeypox, and it was found positive. So, that moment itself the private hospital authorities, they informed the health department and our team went there and unfortunately that person died on 30th (July 30) evening,” George said on Monday.

India’s federal health ministry had no comment on the death, except for saying that the government had formed a task force of senior officials to monitor monkeypox cases in the country, where local media have reported at least five infections.

The World Health Organisation said late last month 78 countries had reported more than 18 000 cases of monkeypox, the majority in Europe.

It says the monkeypox virus causes a disease with less severe symptoms than smallpox and occurs mainly in central and west Africa. The disease is transmitted from animals to humans.

Human-to-human transmission happens through contact with bodily fluids, lesions on the skin or on internal mucosal surfaces, such as in the mouth or throat, respiratory droplets and contaminated objects.

 

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