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The National Microbiology Laboratory continues to conduct testing to confirm a diagnosis of Monkeypox for suspected cases, while provincial/territorial public health and health care systems are conducting case investigations and outbreak management. Vaccination campaigns has been executed by the public health authorities.   

This past week, the World Health Organization confirmed more than 3,200 cases of monkeypox but stopped short of declaring it a global health emergency.

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Monkeypox cases have been detected in more than 40 countries and it is a cause of worry for governments and health bodies around the world.

Monkeypox can extend through the air but only through sustained face-to-face contact with an infected person.

During the conference health officials also called on Americans with any sexually transmitted infection, including syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia, to get tested for monkeypox.

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The risk of monkeypox becoming established in non-endemic nations is real, the WHO warned Wednesday, with more than a thousand cases now confirmed in such countries.

The CDC in a national press call with reporters on Friday warned that Monkeypox is spreading in the United States.

As cases of monkeypox in wealthier Western nations spark a flurry of scientific research to combat the outbreak, scientists are urging the world to make sure lower-income nations benefit from the fruits of that labor as well.