The Canadian province of听蚕耻别产别肠听confirmed听15听肠补蝉别蝉听of听尘辞苍办别测辫辞虫听as of Monday, the听蚕耻别产别肠听health department said on Tuesday, with听尘辞谤别聽肠补蝉别蝉听from other parts of the country听别虫辫别肠迟别诲.
Nearly 20 countries where听尘辞苍办别测辫辞虫听is not endemic have reported recent outbreaks of the viral disease, with听尘辞谤别聽than 230 confirmed or suspected infections mostly in Europe.听
Canada‘s federal health minister said听尘辞谤别聽samples from other parts of the country were being sent to a laboratory in Winnipeg for testing.
“We expect听尘辞谤别聽肠补蝉别蝉听to be confirmed in the coming days,” Jean-Yves Duclos said in a statement. It wasn’t immediately clear what symptoms the people infected were showing, nor how serious their condition might be.
惭辞苍办别测辫辞虫听is a rare viral infection similar to human smallpox, though milder, first recorded in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the 1970s. The number of聽肠补蝉别蝉听in West Africa has increased in the last decade.
颁补苍补诲补听confirmed its first two聽肠补蝉别蝉听of听尘辞苍办别测辫辞虫听last week after authorities in听蚕耻别产别肠听said they were investigating 17 suspected听肠补蝉别蝉.听
Duclos said the federal government began “pre-positioning of the vaccine Imvamune and therapeutics from our National Emergency Strategic Stockpile in jurisdictions across the country.” A small shipment of the Imvamune vaccine was sent to听蚕耻别产别肠听on Tuesday, he said.
“I want to reiterate to Canadians that this is a different situation than we saw ourselves in with the emergence of COVID-19,” Duclos said, noting that unlike the coronavirus pandemic聽颁补苍补诲补听has a supply of vaccines on hand already. – Reuters
