France to Mobilize Extra Support for Monkeypox Vaccines as 1,700 Infected

A medical worker at GGD Haaglanden prepares a monkeypox vaccination in a vaccination center in Rijswijk in the Netherlands, on July 25, 2022, as the country prepares to start vaccinating specific risk groups. © Phil Nijhuis, AFP

About 1,700 people had been infected with monkeypox in France, Health Minister François Braun said on Monday.

Braun said the government so far had opened about 100 vaccination centers for monkeypox and that more than 6,000 people have received a preventive vaccination.