This Tuesday morning, Karine Lacombe said on RTL that there was “no concern” about the spread of the epidemic. “It’s an epidemic that has been going on for several months. A few cases have been detected in Europe, notably in Germany and England, in very small quantities. It’s not very surprising that we have it in France and that doesn’t mean that it’s an epidemic that will spread throughout the country,” adds the infectious disease specialist at Saint-Antoine hospital in Paris. The specialist also highlights the various prevention measures against the disease, such as “vaccination and reductions in skin contact and sexual contact”.
The woman tested positive “is doing well”
The Ministry of Health was informed on Monday of a first human case of Mpox, in Brittany. “The reported case concerns a person who has not traveled to Central Africa, an area in which the different clades of mpox viruses have been actively circulating for several months, including clade 1b,” specifies a press release from the ministry. “However, this person was in contact with two people returning from Central Africa; investigations are underway to find the origin of the contamination and identify all the contact people. » According to “Ouest-France”, the woman tested positive for mpox clade 1b “is doing well”.
The risk of Monkeypox clade I infection for the general population in France and Europe is considered low by the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
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