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Canada’s Chief Doc says NACI recommends people who may be at high risk of exposure to get vaccinated
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Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Teresa Tam spoke at a press conference in Ottawa on Tuesday, December 22, 2020. Photo: Justin Tang / The Canadian Press
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OTTOVA, Illinois – Canada’s chief public health official says there are now 112 cases of monkeypox across Canada and all infected are men.
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Dr Theresa Tam told a briefing today that there were 98 cases in Quebec, 9 in Ontario, 4 in Alberta and one in British Columbia, with other alleged cases being investigated.
She says the National Immunization Advisory Committee recommends that people who may be at high risk of exposure be vaccinated.
But she says there is no need for a massive vaccination campaign against the virus at the moment.
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There, he says the disease is spread mainly through close physical contact, including intimate sexual contact, or exposure to scabs or body fluids, or even bedding.
She says most of the cases are currently among men who have had sexual contact with other men, although the virus can spread to anyone who has had contact with an infected person.
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