Canada’s top doctor says negotiations are underway for more vaccine to curtail monkeypox as confirmed cases reached 278 nationwide.
Chief public health officer Theresa Tam says there are “continuing discussions and contract negotiations” to obtain doses from Bavarian Nordic, the Danish manufacturer of a smallpox vaccine approved for use against monkeypox.
That includes Quebec, where Tam says more than 7,000 people have received shots, and Ontario, where she estimates about 5,000 people have been vaccinated. Tam says that as of June 29, there were 202 confirmed cases of monkeypox reported from Quebec, 67 from Ontario, five from Alberta, and four from British Columbia.
Tam stressed that anyone, no matter their gender or sexual orientation, could get infected if they are in close contact with someone who has monkeypox, or if they come in contact with personal objects belonging to someone infected, including towels or bed linens.
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