Dr Luc Boileau, interim director of the Quebec Department of Public Health, told reporters in Montreal that the situation was “currently under control”. “It is not growing fast,” he said, referring to the number of infections, which has risen from 98 in the last report. “It is growing slowly, but there is still a development.” The majority of smallpox cases in the county have been identified in Montreal, which accounts for 126 infections to date. “Montreal is the focus,” said Dr. Mylène Drouin, the city’s director of public health. Trending Stories
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The story goes on under the ad Smallpox is a rare disease. It comes from the same family of smallpox viruses that the World Health Organization said had been eradicated worldwide in 1980. The virus is transmitted through prolonged close contact, but is not very contagious in a typical social environment. Symptoms include fever, headache, muscle aches, exhaustion, swollen lymph nodes and lesions. Quebec recorded the first cases of smallpox in the country last month, with the first suspected infections reported on May 12 in Montreal. The province provides the Imvamune smallpox vaccine, although it has been ruled out for close contact with a high risk of developing the disease. – with files from The Canadian Press © 2022 Global News, part of Corus Entertainment Inc.
