canada monkeypox cases

A “sustained downward trend” of monkeypox infections in Canada is “encouraging to see,” the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said Wednesday. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the WHO, told reporters during a…

A Halifax research firm has found that about half of Canadians are concerned about monkeypox to some extent. In a report published on Thursday, Narrative Research said about 53 per cent of Canadians said they were “to some extent”…

Canada has not needed to declare an emergency over the monkeypox virus the same way the United States and the World Health Organization have as mechanisms are already in place to tackle the outbreak, the country’s top doctor said…

Canadian health officials will provide a monkeypox update on Wednesday after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a global health emergency over the weekend. The briefing comes as Canada’s confirmed monkeypox case…

The federal government plans to give $1 million to community organizations across the country to provide gay and bisexual men with information about monkeypox and combat stigma around the disease. Environment Minister Steven…

Two new suspected cases of monkeypox and one probable case of the virus were reported in Toronto on Wednesday, bringing the total number of cases being investigated in the city to four. Toronto Public Health said all three of the…

The Canadian province of Quebec confirmed 15 cases of monkeypox as of Monday, the Quebec health department said on Tuesday, with more cases from other parts of the country expected. Nearly 20 countries where monkeypox is not endemic have…

Canadian health officials are urging caution after the discovery of monkeypox cases in the country and other parts of the world. As of Friday, five cases have been confirmed and roughly two dozen others are under investigation, mainly…

Three more cases of monkeypox have been confirmed in Quebec, the Public Health Agency of Canada said late Friday, up from two the day before. The agency is still investigating about two dozen other suspected cases of the rare…

Canada has confirmed its first two cases of monkeypox as concern grows over the spread of the infectious virus in multiple countries. In a statement late on Thursday, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) said two individuals in…