New Brunswick's Department of Public Health has identified the source of the state's first confirmedmonkeypoxcase, according to the deputy chief medical officer for health. I haven't been able to.
Contact tracers work to find the person's close contacts, but Dr. Yves Leger said the original source was not identified, raising further concerns. I said yes.
"There was another contagious case in the state at some point," he said in an interview on Tuesday. "So Public Health is very busy tracking the situation."
He said significant efforts are still needed to locate the source.
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Monkey Pox is a disease associated with a viral infection.According to public health, most people recover on their own after a few weeks, but people can get very sick and even die in some circumstances.
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However, once monkeypox reaches the state, the supply of vaccines available in New Brunswick is limited. Leger explained.
In New Brunswick he has 140 doses, and Prince Edward Island has exactly the same number. Leger said more vaccines are now available to the federal government, and New Brunswick hopes to be able to secure those vaccines soon.
So far, monkeypox outbreaks have disproportionately affected men who have sex with men, but the New Brunswick Department of Public Health and other agencies across Canada have , reveals that anyone can get monkeypox.
"We are aware of and sensitive to the fact that there is a potential stigma surrounding this infection and outbreak."
virus Mike Minnard, who belongs to the highest-risk group for the disease, does not have access to a vaccine in New Brunswick, adding to a long list of healthcare available to the state's LGBTQ2 community.
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"From many perspectives, it's really scary," he said in an interview Tuesday. I think it can also be a little frustrating when there is a clear solution that hasn't been done yet today and something that can be done from a public health standpoint to protect our friends, protect our neighbors and the state.
In New Brunswick, close contacts of positive cases are eligible for vaccination. Minard is ineligible.
He said he and his partner are seriously considering going to Quebec where access is wider, where 456 cases have been reported. It is the second highest number in the country.
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For Minard, the lack of access to vaccination as a means of protection is a concern. ``The fire has just started. Precautions.
It's also a stigma that weighs heavily on Minard.
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"Monkeypox is not a gay disease," he said. It's not something you give, you just happen to be in that community, so we have to pay attention to that and make sure people are aware of it."
But Minard are waiting for New Brunswick to expand vaccine eligibility and have not considered traveling to Montreal prior to that decision.