He says several clinics will be set up in the coming weeks to vaccinate those who have had close contact with someone who tested positive and those who are at higher risk of being exposed to the virus. The doctor’s office on Sunday is intended for employees in the city baths. Toronto Public Health says there have been 11 confirmed cases in the city since Saturday, two higher than the total of nine counties released a day earlier by Canada’s public health chief when he cited a national number of 112 cases. Dr Theresa Tam said most cases are between men who say they have had sex with other men, although the virus can spread to anyone who has had close physical contact with an infected person. Monkey pox belongs to the same virus family as smallpox, and smallpox vaccines have been shown to be effective in fighting the virus. The National Immunization Advisory Board advises offering a dose of Imvammune vaccine to people at high risk of exposure to a possible or confirmed case of monkey pox or to an environment where transmission can occur within four days. reacts to the test of suspicious monkey pox samples inside a refrigerator in the microbiological laboratory of La Paz Hospital on June 6, 2022 in Madrid, Spain.
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