Monkeypox Cases In Canada

• Monkeypox global response is not enough, experts at AIDS conference say

  Over 19,000 cases of monkeypox have been reported over the last few months from 78 countries, mostly among men who have sex with other men, with 803 cases in Canada as of July 29.

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  Jul 31, 2022
  
• Quebec now has 211 confirmed cases of monkeypox as vaccination numbers rise

  The Health Department's latest update shows that 8,101 doses of smallpox vaccine Imvamune have been administered across Quebec since May 27.

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  Jun 30, 2022
  
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• Monkeypox stigma can spread ‘like a virus,’ LGBTQ advocates say

  For some LGBTQ advocates, the spread of monkeypox raises the spectre of sexual stigmatization that saw gay and bisexual men scapegoated for the rise of the HIV-AIDS epidemic.

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  May 27, 2022
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• Monkeypox could spread through sexual contact, but it’s not an STI: WHO adviser

  Close contact through sexual intercourse could be how monkeypox is spreading right now, but it's not a sexually-transmitted infection, a WHO adviser says.

  Health

  May 23, 2022
• Monkeypox likely spread through sex at 2 raves in Europe, expert suggests

  Monkeypox can be spread through close contact with an infected person or their clothing or bedsheets, but sexual transmission has not yet been documented.

  Health

  May 23, 2022