A total of 132 cases of monkeypox have been confirmed in Quebec, according to the acting national director of public health Luc Boileau.

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“It is slowly increasing, but we continue to have progress,” he said during a press briefing.

"We have 126 cases in Montreal (...) But it is a mild form of the disease," added Montreal's director of public health, Dr. Mylène Drouin.

In addition, more than 3,000 people received a smallpox vaccine.

Details to come...