Monkeypox continues to progress in France. As of August 9, 2022, Public Health France has confirmed 2601 cases, announces the agency in a report published this Wednesday afternooni, or 362 more confirmed cases in one week.
The vast majority of cases confirmed by Public Health France are adult men (99%), except for two children under the age of 15 and 23 adult women.
“To date, in France, 95% of the cases in which sexual orientation is reported have occurred among men who have sex with men (MSM),” the agency stresses.
More than 50,000 vaccine doses delivered
Deliveries of vaccine doses are also progressing. Indeed, the Agency had delivered 54,585 doses to the territories as of August 9. On the other hand, the total number of doses available in stock is not specified.
“We have vaccinated more than 30,000 people and the vaccination rate is accelerating with more than 2,000 vaccinations per day,” François Braun told RTL this Wednesday morning.
For several days now, the Minister of Health has periodically affirmed that the health authorities have enough vaccines for the “target population”.
The agency invites people who meet the eligibility criteria established by HAS to make an appointment to be vaccinated. These are “men who have sex with men and report multiple sexual partners”, “trans people who report multiple sexual partners”, “sex workers” and “professionals who work in places of sexual consumption”.
Source: BFM TV
