NUMBER OF PEOPLE INFECTED WITH MONKEYPOX IN FRANCE REACHED 2,171

Tue 02 August 2022:

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

Braun told parliament 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.

Meanwhile, monkeypox vaccination campaign is gaining momentum in the Paris region, which has been the epicentre of France’s outbreak.

Some 95 percent of French monkeypox cases have been in men who have sex with men, a group that has been overwhelmingly affected by the virus.

More than 18,000 monkeypox cases have been detected throughout the world outside Africa since May, most of them in Europe, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Before May, the virus was largely only seen in West and Central Africa.

On Monday, India reported the fourth death linked to the virus outside Africa. France’s neighbour Spain recorded two deaths over the weekend. Outside of Africa, the only other such death has been in Brazil.

Spain is one of the world’s worst-hit countries, with the health ministry’s emergency coordination centre putting the number of infected people at 4,298.

Spain’s gay community is on the front line and taking action, whether it’s through abstinence, avoiding nightclubs or pushing for a swift vaccine rollout.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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