The acting national director of public health, Dr. Luc Boileau, provided an update on the situation of monkeypox in Quebec on Thursday morning.

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To date, 25 cases of monkeypox have been confirmed in Quebec; other cases are currently under observation.

"This is a particular situation that is certainly worrying," said Dr. Boileau at a press conference.

During his press briefing, Dr. Boileau was accompanied by Dr. Geneviève Bergeron, medical officer, health emergencies and infectious diseases at the Montreal Regional Public Health Department and Dr. Caroline Quach, pediatrician, microbiologist-infectiologist at CHU Sainte -Justine, full professor at the University of Montreal and president of the CIQ.

More details to come...