UPDATE: Montreal has 17 suspected monkeypox cases; officials say it's 'not highly contagious' or severe
Montreal Public Health said they're asking health workers to be alert for monkeypox cases after seeing 17 suspected cases in the area over the last week.
It's also not a disease that health officials believe will enter a phase of general community transmission, she said -- it's not infectious enough for that. Drouin said that all the known patients are in isolation and have been asked to cover their skin lesions with bandages. But Montreal authorities don't yet know how many Montrealers have the smallpox vaccine from their childhoods, she said.
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