TORONTO
\nCanadian health authorities have confirmed 15 cases of monkeypox in the country, and with more samples arriving for laboratory tests, that number is likely to rise.
\nOn Tuesday, Minister of Health Jean-Yves Duclos said, in a statement, that the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) has confirmed 10 more cases of monkeypox in the province of Quebec, bringing the total cases in Canada to 15. \u201cMore samples from other jurisdictions in Canada are on the way to PHAC\u2019s National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) in Winnipeg for confirmatory testing and we expect more cases to be confirmed in the coming days,\u201d he added.
\nThe first-ever cases of the viral disease in Canada, usually found in the Congo Basin in Africa, were reported last week. A small shipment of the vaccine Imvavune is being sent to Quebec to deal with the outbreak there.
\nHe stressed this was \u201ca different situation\u201d than what was experienced with the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. \u201cWhile global understanding of the monkeypox virus is still evolving, we do have a supply of vaccines, which we will be sure to maintain, and we are working hand-in-hand with our provincial and territorial counterparts to rollout our response plan as quickly as possible,\u201d Duclos said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
TORONTO Canadian health authorities have confirmed 15 cases of monkeypox in the country, and with more samples arriving for laboratory tests, that number is likely to rise. On Tuesday, Minister of Health Jean-Yves Duclos said, in a statement, that the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) has confirmed 10 more cases of monkeypox in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-262667","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n