2022–2023 mpox outbreak in Canada
{{Short description|Ongoing viral outbreak}}
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| name = {{Nowrap|2022–2023 mpox outbreak in Canada}}
| image = Monkeypox outbreak in Canada (Density).svg
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| caption = {{Center|Spread of disease as of September 2, 2022}}
| disease = Mpox
| virus_strain = Monkeypox virus (West African clade)
| location = Canada
| first_case = Montreal, Quebec (first suspected May 12, 2022)
| arrival_date = May 19, 2022{{pb}}({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=05|day1=06|year1=2022|month2=|day2=|year2=}} ago)
| confirmed_cases = 1,460
| hospitalized_cases = 44
| deaths = 0
| website = [https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/monkeypox.html Government of Canada]
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The 2022–2023 mpox outbreak in Canada is a part of the outbreak of human mpox caused by the West African clade of the monkeypox virus. The outbreak started in Canada on May 19, 2022, with the country since then becoming one of the most affected in the Americas.
Background
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An ongoing outbreak of mpox was confirmed on May 6, 2022, beginning with a British resident who, after travelling to Nigeria (where the disease is endemic), presented symptoms consistent with mpox on April 29, 2022. The resident returned to the United Kingdom on May 4, creating the country's index case of the outbreak.{{cite web |date=May 16, 2022 |title=Monkeypox – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |url=https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2022-DON381 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517223855/https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2022-DON381 |archive-date=May 17, 2022 |access-date=May 17, 2022 |website=World Health Organization}} The origin of several of the cases of mpox in the United Kingdom is unknown. Some monitors saw community transmission taking place in the London area as of mid-May,{{cite web |last1=Pinkstone |first1=Joe |date=May 17, 2022 |title=Monkeypox 'spreading in sexual networks' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/05/17/monkeypox-likely-sexually-transmissible-infection-health-officials/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517223851/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/05/17/monkeypox-likely-sexually-transmissible-infection-health-officials/ |archive-date=May 17, 2022 |access-date=May 17, 2022 |website=The Telegraph}} but it has been suggested that cases were already spreading in Europe in the previous months.{{cite web |last1=Nsofor |first1=Ifeanyi |date=June 2, 2022 |title=OPINION: Media coverage of monkeypox paints it as an African virus. That makes me mad |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/06/02/1102199023/opinion-media-coverage-of-monkeypox-paints-it-as-an-african-virus-that-makes-me- |access-date=June 2, 2022 |website=NPR}}
Transmission
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A large portion of those infected were believed to have not recently traveled to areas of Africa where mpox is normally found, such as Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo as well as central and western Africa. It is believed to be transmitted by close contact with sick people, with extra caution for those individuals with lesions on their skin or genitals, along with their bedding and clothing. The CDC has also stated that individuals should avoid contact and consumption of dead animals such as rats, squirrels, monkeys and apes along with wild game or lotions derived from animals in Africa.{{Cite news|last=Vargas |first=Ramon Antonio |date=June 7, 2022 |title=US raises monkeypox alert level but says risk to public remains low |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/07/monkeypox-cases-cdc-alert-level-us |access-date=June 9, 2022 |newspaper=The Guardian |language=en}}
Symptoms such as fever, headache, swollen lymph nodes, and rashes or lesions are fairly common. Additionally some patients also have presented with proctitis. The Public Health Agency of Canada has noted that person to person transmission of mpox is possible from direct contact with bodily fluids including sexual contact.{{Cite web |last=Canada |first=Public Health Agency of |date=June 30, 2022 |title=Monkeypox: For health professionals |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/monkeypox/health-professionals.html |access-date=July 12, 2022 |website=www.canada.ca}}
History
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On May 18, the United States confirmed its first 2022 case of mpox and Canada reported 13 suspected cases.{{cite web |date=May 18, 2022 |title=Massachusetts confirms rare monkeypox case, the first in the US this year |url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/05/18/massachusetts-confirms-rare-monkeypox-case-the-first-in-the-us-this-year/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520095157/https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/05/18/massachusetts-confirms-rare-monkeypox-case-the-first-in-the-us-this-year/ |archive-date=May 20, 2022 |access-date=May 18, 2022 |website=Boston Herald |language=en-US}} On May 19, the first confirmed case of mpox was reported in Toronto.{{cite web |last=ICI.Radio-Canada.ca |first=Zone Santé- |title=Variole du singe : au moins 13 cas en cours d'examen à Montréal |trans-title=Monkey pox: at least 13 cases being examined in Montreal |url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1884547/orthopoxvirose-simienne-monkeypox-maladie-sante-publique-quebec-canada |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518213614/https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1884547/orthopoxvirose-simienne-monkeypox-maladie-sante-publique-quebec-canada |archive-date=May 18, 2022 |access-date=May 18, 2022 |website=Radio-Canada.ca |language=fr-ca}}
On May 27, 500 people in Montreal, Quebec, received smallpox vaccinations. By July 6, 800 Montrealers had lined up at the clinic in the center of the Gay Village that was offering the initial vaccination.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6481822 |title=Hundreds of Montrealers seek vaccine protecting against monkeypox|website=Cbc.ca|access-date=July 5, 2022}}{{cite web | url=https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/publications/healthy-living/canadian-immunization-guide-part-4-active-vaccines/page-21-smallpox-vaccine.html | title=Smallpox vaccine: Canadian Immunization Guide|website=Canada.ca | date=July 18, 2007 }}
Number of cases confirmed in the Canadian provinces
Canada currently has the 8th most mpox cases.{{Cite web |date=August 10, 2022 |title=2022 Monkeypox Outbreak: Global Trends |url=https://worldhealthorg.shinyapps.io/mpx_global/#section-fns2 |access-date=August 10, 2022 |website=World Health Organization}}
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| colspan="2" |As of March 3, 2022, at 12:00 PM EDT |
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Responses
This was the first time in history that mpox was in Canada.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-monkeypox-morrison-1.6497943|title=P.E.I.'s Chief Public Health Office preparing as monkeypox cases rise across Canada|website=Cbc.ca|access-date=July 5, 2022}}
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See also
- 2022–2023 mpox outbreak
- Timeline of the 2022–2023 mpox outbreak
- 2022–2023 mpox outbreak in Asia
- 2022–2023 mpox outbreak in Brazil
- 2022–2023 mpox outbreak in India
- 2022–2023 mpox outbreak in Israel
- 2022–2023 mpox outbreak in Japan
- 2022–2023 mpox outbreak in South Africa
- 2022–2023 mpox outbreak in Europe
- 2022–2023 mpox outbreak in France
- 2022–2023 mpox outbreak in Germany
- 2022–2023 mpox outbreak in the Netherlands
- 2022–2023 mpox outbreak in Portugal
- 2022–2023 mpox outbreak in Spain
- 2022–2023 mpox outbreak in the United Kingdom
- 2022–2023 mpox outbreak in the United States
- 2022–2023 mpox outbreak in Peru
- Mpox in Nigeria
- Mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Notes
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References
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External links
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