Publication date: Jul 12, 2022 • 57 min ago • 2 min read • Join the discussion This 2003 electron microscope image available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox viruses, left, and spherical immature virions, right, that taken from a human skin sample associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. Photo by AP—Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Russell Regner/CDC/The Canadian Press

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A month after the first case was identified in Ottawa, 11 cases of monkeypox have been confirmed in the city, Public Health Ontario reports.

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The majority of Ontario cases remain in Toronto, where 124 have been laboratory confirmed. Cases are also starting to appear in smaller centres, including Leeds, Grenville and Lanark, which reported their first confirmed case earlier this week. There are now 156 confirmed cases of monkeypox in Ontario and eight suspected cases: all but one are male. The average age of confirmed cases is 37.3 years, and the most common symptoms reported include rash, oral or genital lesions, swollen lymph nodes, headache, fever, chills, myalgia, and fatigue. Only nine of the people with confirmed cases had to be hospitalized, according to the PHO. The chief medical officer of health of the province, Dr. Kieran Moore recently noted that there was no rapid increase in cases of monkeypox, which he attributed to the vaccination strategy.

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More than 8,000 people across the province have been given the smallpox vaccine, which is given to those infected with the virus, their close contacts and anyone thought to be at risk. Ottawa Public Health offers the vaccine to eligible clients at the sexual health clinic and operates ongoing vaccination clinics at the Centretown Community Health Centre. The vaccine is available to people who have been exposed to the virus as well as to people who have been diagnosed with a bacterial sexually transmitted infection in the past two months, had two or more sexual partners in the past 21 days, had sex within 21 days, had anonymous casual sex during the same time period or had sex for work.

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Monkeypox, which belongs to the same family as smallpox, had rarely been seen outside parts of Africa, where it is endemic, until this year when outbreaks began to spread to many parts of the world. On Tuesday, as global cases reached 9,200, the World Health Organization announced it would convene a second emergency meeting next week to determine whether monkeypox is a global health threat. Cases have been reported in 63 countries since the beginning of this year. There were slightly more than 6,000 cases reported worldwide as of July 4 alone. Health officials say monkeypox, which causes a rash and lesions along with flu-like symptoms, is not a sexually transmitted disease and can be spread through close contact. Most cases to date have been between men who have sex with men. The virus can enter the body through broken skin, the respiratory tract or mucous membrane, including the eyes, nose or mouth. The risk of infection is low for the general population, says Public Health Canada.

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title: “Eleven Cases Of Monkeypox Have Been Confirmed In Ottawa " ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-12” author: “Ryan Hailey”

This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virus particles, left, and spherical immature virus particles, right, obtained from a human skin sample associated with the prairie dog outbreak in 2003. Photo by AP—Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Russell Regner/CDC/The Canadian Press

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A month after the first case was identified in Ottawa, 11 cases of monkeypox have been confirmed in the city, Public Health Ontario reports.

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The majority of Ontario cases remain in Toronto, where 124 have been laboratory confirmed. Cases are also starting to appear in smaller centres, including Leeds, Grenville and Lanark, which reported their first confirmed case earlier this week. There are now 156 confirmed cases of monkeypox in Ontario and eight suspected cases: all but one are male. The average age of confirmed cases is 37.3 years, and the most common symptoms reported include rash, oral or genital lesions, swollen lymph nodes, headache, fever, chills, myalgia, and fatigue. Only nine of the people with confirmed cases had to be hospitalized, according to the PHO. The chief medical officer of health of the province, Dr. Kieran Moore recently noted that there was no rapid increase in cases of monkeypox, which he attributed to the vaccination strategy. More than 8,000 people across the province have been given the smallpox vaccine, which is given to those infected with the virus, their close contacts and anyone thought to be at risk. Ottawa Public Health offers the vaccine to eligible clients at the sexual health clinic and operates ongoing vaccination clinics at the Centretown Community Health Centre. The vaccine is available to people who have been exposed to the virus as well as to people who have been diagnosed with a bacterial sexually transmitted infection in the past two months, had two or more sexual partners in the past 21 days, had sex within 21 days, had anonymous casual sex during the same time period or had sex for work.

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Monkeypox, which belongs to the same family as smallpox, had rarely been seen outside parts of Africa, where it is endemic, until this year when outbreaks began to spread to many parts of the world. On Tuesday, as global cases reached 9,200, the World Health Organization announced it would convene a second emergency meeting next week to determine whether monkeypox is a global health threat. Cases have been reported in 63 countries since the beginning of this year. There were slightly more than 6,000 cases reported worldwide as of July 4 alone. Health officials say monkeypox, which causes a rash and lesions along with flu-like symptoms, is not a sexually transmitted disease and can be spread through close contact. Most cases to date have been between men who have sex with men. The virus can enter the body through broken skin, the respiratory tract or mucous membrane, including the eyes, nose or mouth. The risk of infection is low for the general population, says Public Health Canada.