“We have not fallen behind at all” in the fight against monkeypox, assured the Minister of Health François Braun.
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“Really don’t panic, we reacted extremely quickly“: the Minister of Health François Braun assures, Wednesday July 27 on franceinfo, that there is a “very large stock“of doses of vaccine against monkeypox, but explains that he cannot reveal the exact figure which is classified as a defense secret because”smallpox is recognized as a biological weapon, it is known that it could be used in terms of conflict“.
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Stating that 42,000 doses have been destocked for the moment, the Minister indicated that “France was one of the first countries to advocate and authorize preventive vaccination, so we haven’t fallen behind at all“, in the fight against monkeypox.
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“We have 118 centers that vaccinate“Currently, he also indicated. Only one of these centers is entirely devoted to vaccination against this virus: the Edison health center, in the 13th arrondissement in Paris, which opened on Tuesday.