Monkey Smallpox: Preventive vaccination recommended for gay, trans and TDS

This Friday, July 8, 2022, the High Health Authority (HAS) has recommended the French government to extend monkeypox vaccination To the the people most at risk.

Preventive vaccination for those most at risk

“Faced with the spread of the Monkeypox virus, the kinetics of the epidemic and the difficulties in tracing the contacts of infected people “HAS recommends preventive vaccination of the people most at risk “Because of their sexual practices or their profession”. According to the same press release, these groups are:

“Men who have sex with men, trans people who have multiple partners, people who prostitute themselves, professionals who work in places of sexual consumption. “

The HAS explains that ” 97% of cases are men who have sex with men and 75% of cases are men who report having had multiple partners in the weeks preceding the onset of symptoms. “

During a press conference, Jérôme Salomon, Director General of Health, indicated this “this advice will be followed “, According to an article by 20 minutes. She added it new groups of people eligible for preventive vaccination ” they can start making appointments next week if they wish “.

No preventive vaccination for professionals

Cécile Somaribba, director of health monitoring and security at the Ile-de-France Regional Health Agency also indicated that solutions will be put in place to the general publicwhich can be vaccinated. from next week on a dozen sites in the Ile-de-France “. According to the HAS, ” 577 cases were confirmed as of July 5, of which 387 in the Ile-de-France “.

HAS did not recommend preventive vaccination of health care workers take care of the sick, considering that the usual hygiene measures have been taken ” the risk of contamination is in practice very low “. Vaccination can be granted “Case by case, depending on the exposure, the existence of individual risk factors or at their request”.

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