France's health authority recommended preventive vaccination for groups it says are at special risk, such as sexually active gay men and trans people who have multiple sexual partners.
Data from the French health administration showed that 97% of monkeypox cases concerned gay men, 75% of which had declared having had relations with several men in the weeks preceding their symptoms.
The viral disease, which causes flu-like symptoms and skin lesions, does not spread nearly as easily as COVID and there are vaccines and treatments available. On Thursday, the World Health Organization reported two new deaths, bringing the total to three since the start of the year and said the disease had spread to new areas.
Data from the French health administration showed that 97% of monkeypox cases concerned gay men, 75% of which had declared having had relations with several men in the weeks preceding their symptoms, the HAS said.In its press release, the health body did not provide any data on the other groups targeted by its recommendations, but said that contact tracing was particularly difficult"around anonymous sexual relations".
Vaccination"can be considered on a case-by-case basis for professionals who have to deal with sick people", the authority said, but added it did not recommend at this stage a
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