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The province says the latest strain of monkeypox has arrived in Canada for the first time, and it's in Manitoba.

As mpox cases escalate in Africa and increase in other countries like Canada, the World Health Organization on Wednesday again declared the virus a global public health emergency.

The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared mpox a global public health emergency for the second time in two years, following an outbreak of the virus in parts of Africa. 

Mpox had been spreading mostly undetected for years in Nigeria and elsewhere before the disease prompted the 2022 outbreak in more than 70 countries.

Dr. Luc Boileau, interim public health director in the province, said several more suspected cases of the virus are under investigation in Quebec.

Quebec now has a total of 141 confirmed cases of monkeypox, the province's health department said Thursday. Thousands of people have been vaccinated since late May.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health did not say where in Canada the man travelled to or when, but added the case does not pose a risk to the general public.

The health unit says contacts of the case are being offered a vaccine as a form of post-exposure prophylaxis.

An executive with Hamilton Health Sciences says a new text-message platform appears to have caught the appeal of parents who have children going through surgery.

There have been 1,600 confirmed and 1,500 suspected cases of monkeypox this year and 72 deaths, WHO said, in 39 countries, including the countries where the virus usually spreads.

On Monday, the health unit said the case was detected in a man in his 30s living in Mississauga.

Health officials expanded the pool of people advised to get vaccinated to include those who may realize on their own that they could have been infected.

The death toll in Ontario has risen to 13,293 from the previous day as four new virus-related death was added.

Quebec has described the monkeypox outbreak in the province as "relatively contained," with 331 cases as of last week and no hospitalizations.

Canadian HIV and AIDS organizations say an international AIDS conference opening in Montreal this week is shining a light on Canada's lagging response to the disease.

The Alberta government is expanding the eligibility criteria of the monkeypox vaccine to those at high risk for exposure to the virus.

City public health officials say vaccination against the disease remains the best strategy to reduce transmission in the city's LGBTQ community.

A procurement process to provide up to 3,000 elective orthopedic surgeries per year in Regina has officially been opened by the SHA and the Ministry of Health.

The request, which comes as lawmakers are preparing to return to Washington and fund the government, seeks $13.7 billion related to Ukraine.

Monkeypox is a rare viral illness that causes fever, headache, swollen lymph nodes and lethargy, followed by the development of a rash over a person’s body.