Of the sixteen cases of monkeypox now confirmed in France, twelve were reported in Ile-de-Franceone in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, two in Occitanie and one in Normandy, according to figures from Public Health France published this Sunday.
The previous assessment reported seven “proven” cases according to the new Minister of Health Brigitte Bourguignon on Wednesday. Ms. Bourguignon had indicated that the authorities did not expect an “outbreak” of the disease, and that the country had sufficient stocks of vaccines for people with contact cases, and the General Directorate of Health indicated on Friday to the AFP that the first two people, considered to have had risky contact with a monkey pox patient, were vaccinated in Paris, at the Bichat hospital.