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OTTAWA, Ill. — Canada's chief public health officer says there are now 112 cases of monkeypox across Canada and all of those infected are male.
Dr. Theresa Tam told a briefing today that there are 98 cases in Quebec, 9 in Ontario, 4 in Alberta and one in British Columbia, with other suspected cases being investigated. She says the National Advisory Committee on Immunization is recommending that people who may be at high risk of exposure have a vaccine.Tam says the disease mainly spreads from close physical contact, including intimate sexual contact, or exposure to scabs or bodily fluids or even bed linen.
She says most of the cases are currently among men who have had sexual contact with other men, though the virus can spread to anyone who has had contact with an infected person.
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Dr. Theresa Tam says there are currently 112 monkeypox cases across CanadaCanada’s chief public health officer told a briefing today that there are 98 monkeypox cases in Quebec, nine in Ontario, four in Alberta and one in British Columbia, with other suspected cases being investigated
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