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The health ministry said almost all cases in the province were in Montreal.
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June 7, 2022 • 36 minutes ago • 2 minutes of reading • Join the conversation Photo published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showing lesions caused by infection with the monkeypox virus. CDC
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The alleged case of monkeypox in a child in Quebec, announced during the last provincial press conference on the subject, turned out to be not a disease, the health ministry confirmed on Tuesday.
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However, reported cases in the province continued to rise, reaching 90 on Tuesday – an increase of 19 since Quebec’s last update on Thursday. Montreal Public Health said 86 of those cases were in the city. The Ministry of Health will not break up the rest by region “for reasons of confidentiality”.
Quebec also announced on Tuesday that 813 doses of the Imvamune measles vaccine have been administered in the province so far. Montreal Public Health said all 813 doses were administered in the city, although not everyone who received them resides there.
Authorities said several cases in Montreal involved a Boston passenger.
“This vaccination is aimed at people at high risk of being exposed to monkeypox,” Health Ministry spokesman Robert Maranda said in an email Tuesday night. “The proposed doses will be applied only after a decision of the public health authorities.
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According to the recommendations of the Quebec Immunization Committee, high-risk contacts with confirmed or probable cases of monkeypox can be vaccinated with a single dose within four days after exposure. A second dose can only be given if the risk of exposure is still present 28 days later.
Quebec Public Health has authorized a first order of 1,000 doses of vaccine and a second order of 4,000 additional doses, a total of 5,000 for the province, Maranda said.
In Montreal, officials are aware of three hospitalizations related to the disease so far, including two for risks of airway obstruction and one for possible eye damage.
Maranda said that monkeypox usually causes mild symptoms that disappear after two to three weeks and do not require hospitalization.
“The most common symptoms of monkeypox are fever, headache, muscle aches, back pain, swollen lymph nodes (neck, armpits or groin), chills and fatigue,” he said. “Rash can also appear, often on the face and spread to other parts of the body, including the genitals.
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