The majority of cases have been identified in Ile-de-France.
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The number of cases continues to increase in France. The country has recorded 330 confirmed cases of infection with the monkeypox virus since the appearance of the disease on the territory, announced Thursday, June 23, Public Health France on its site. So far, no deaths have been reported.
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The previous report dated Tuesday reported 277 cases, including, for the first time, a woman. In the case of this “young woman”said the health agency, “partner (untested) reported he had a rash 3 weeks prior”.
Until now, the current outbreak of monkeypox, which has affected some forty countries, has mainly (but not exclusively) concerned men who have had homosexual relations, with no direct link to people returning from endemic areas.
Of all the cases observed in France, there are “227 in Ile-de-France, 22 in Occitanie, 21 in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, 19 in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, 14 in Hauts-de-France, 14 in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, 6 in Normandy , 3 in Brittany, 1 in Centre-Val de Loire, 1 in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, 1 in Pays de la Loire and 1 in Grand-Est”detail the health authorities.