France to mobilise extra support for monkeypox vaccines as 1,700 infected
France24 says About 1,700 people had been infected with monkeypox in France, Health Minister François Braun said on Monday.
Braun said the government so far had opened about 100 vaccination centres for monkeypox and that more than 6,000 people have received a preventive vaccination.
The health minister said that France would mobilise “extra support” to ensure that enough vaccines can be given, including training medical students to administer jabs.
Braun called on patients who have lesions or other symptoms to self-isolate as soon as possible.