Quebec’s health department reported a total of 90 confirmed cases of monkeypox in the province on Tuesday, an increase of 19 compared to the end of last week.
The latest update, which came in the form of a tweet, also shows that 813 doses of the virus vaccine have been administered so far.
Quebec began giving doses of the Imvamune smallpox vaccine in late May, although it was reserved for close contacts at high risk of developing the disease.
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Monkeypox is a rare disease that comes from the same family of viruses that causes smallpox, which the World Health Organization declared eradicated worldwide in 1980.
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The virus is spread through prolonged intimate contact, but is not very contagious in a typical social environment. May cause fever, headache, muscle aches, exhaustion, swollen lymph nodes and lesions.
Quebec registered the first cases of monkeypox in the country last month. The first suspected cases were reported on May 12 in Montreal.
More than 700 cases have been found worldwide in countries where the disease is not usually detected, mainly in Europe.
– with files from Sean Boynton from Global News and The Canadian Press
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