OTTAWA, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) — Canada’s Public Health Agency on Wednesday (Oct. 5). A total of 1,406 cases of monkey pox were confirmed in the country, including 38 hospitalized patients.
The total confirmed cases includes 674 from Ontario, 521 from Quebec, 162 from British Columbia, 41 from Alberta, 3 from Saskatchewan and the Yukon Territory. Two, including Nova Scotia, Manitoba and New Brunswick, one each.
Updated guideline document from the Canadian National Advisory Board on Immunization. It is recommended that high-risk groups receive 2 doses of monkeypox vaccine when there is sufficient vaccination.
Canada will begin a second monkeypox vaccination this week, which will be given to people who are not asymptomatic. and injected 28 days apart from the first dose
Experts say monkeypox is a viral infection that can spread from person to person through close contact with an infected person. This includes hugging, kissing, massage, or sex.