French health authorities announced Tuesday that 2,171 monkeypox cases have so far been confirmed in France, more than half of them in the Paris region. To combat this rising number, local authorities have opened the capital’s first vaccination centre dedicated entirely to administering the smallpox vaccine – which has been found to be effective against monkeypox – to targeted groups.
Located in Paris’s 13th arrondissement (district), the dedicated monkeypox vaccine centre currently consists of one waiting room with small adjoining vaccination at the Edison community health centre.
