Scientists trying to identify origins of monkeypox cases detected in Canada

Recent cases of monkeypox have researchers in Canada and elsewhere in the world trying to figure out just how widespread the virus is.

Monkeypox is rarely found outside of Africa, but potential cases in Europe and North America, including 17 in Montreal, have caught health officials’ attention.

Just under a “couple dozen of people” are under investigation for monkeypox in Canada after the country confirmed its first cases this week, said Canada’s chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam, noting that the cases under investigation were mostly in Quebec and B.C.

Jamie Muraucher reports on the country’s top doctors’ current assessment of the situation.

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