The latest number is from Monday and is higher than the 141 cases reported in the province last Friday. The Quebec Department of Health says 5,895 doses of the vaccine have been administered since May 27 to curb Canada’s largest outbreak. Last week, Montreal officials extended the city’s vaccination campaign to all men who have sex with men, and in Toronto, authorities began setting up clinics to immunize high-risk individuals. The rare disease comes from the same family of smallpox viruses that the World Health Organization said had been eradicated worldwide in 1980. Smallpox vaccines have been shown to be effective in combating the smallpox virus. Monkey pox is generally not easily spread between humans and is transmitted through prolonged close contact through respiratory droplets, direct contact with skin lesions or body fluids, or through contaminated clothing or bedding. This Canadian Press report was first published on June 21, 2022.
