2024-08-16 16:56:31
Resigned Prime Minister Gabriel Attal held an update on Friday with ministers Catherine Watling and Frederic Valletou to discuss the newly named Mpox (previously known as monkeypox) virus, which is making a comeback around the world. “Following this meeting, we remain on high alert for our health system.”, explains Gabriel Attal on X .
The decision follows an announcement from the World Health Organization (WHO), which triggered the highest international alert level on Wednesday.
New recommendations
Since the outbreak #mpox In 2022, we will strictly apply the triple combination: surveillance, rapid diagnosis, and vaccination. We never let down our guard.
As a result, 152,500 vaccinations were administered. The spread of the virus has…
— Gabriel Attal (@GabrielAttal) August 16, 2024
On Thursday, Sweden announced the discovery of a case of clade 1b subtype, the same new strain that has been present in the Democratic Republic of Congo since September 2023 and is deadlier and more virulent than the clade 2 prevalent in West Africa. In Asia, Pakistan also announced a case.
Prime Minister says ‘new information measures and advice’ in face of spread of new variant considered more dangerous Advice will be drawn up for people traveling in risk areas, with health authorities asked to decide on “updated advice”“Relevant vaccinations “Target group”.
Mpox is a viral disease that can be transmitted from animals to humans, but can also be spread through close physical contact with an infected person.
In France, French public health authorities reported 107 MPOX cases between January 1 and June 30, 2024, according to a report released at the end of July. To this day, “Only clade 2 viruses(…) were found and no deaths were observed“According to this document, on French soil.”Of the 101 cases for which information was available, 5 were hospitalized due to severe pain, regardless of associated pathology or complications.”, details this announcement.
Of the 80 reported cases, a quarter (24%) had traveled abroad within three weeks before symptoms (rash, pustules) appeared, while the incubation period of the virus ranged from 5 to 21 days. For severe cases of the disease, Tekovima is available, a drug used to treat infections caused by orthopoxviruses, a member of the variola virus family of which mpox is a member. But most commonly, for patients affected by MPOX clade 2, patients recover spontaneously after two to four weeks.
vaccine donation
Gabriel Attal also said, “Donate vaccines to the most affected countries” The decision was taken at the request of Emmanuel Macron, with a new update announced on Monday.
Since 2022, France has vaccinated high-risk groups with the MPOX vaccine. Data from France’s public health department shows that since September 2023, the number of people vaccinated each month has fluctuated between 250 and 450. The Ministry of Health clearly stated that “Ideally, the vaccine should be administered within 4 days and up to 14 days after hazardous exposure”.
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