residents the United States (EU) flock to Canada get vaccinated against monkey pox due to a shortage of vaccines in their own country.

The total number of confirmed monkey pox in the United States, it passed the 10,000 mark, rising to 11,177, according to data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC for its acronym in English), the national public health agency of EU.

confirmed cases of monkey pox in EUrepresent almost 30% of the world’s population, even though the American population represents less than 5% of the world’s population.

In early August (2022), President Biden’s administration declared the

monkeypox as a public health emergency
. However, many said US authorities were too slow to act and were not meeting demand for vaccines as the number of cases continued to rise.

A San Francisco resident noted that: “It was difficult. I was here yesterday and it was like four blocks away so I just turned around and left. This morning my ticket number is 525. So it was a challenge”.

According to a New York Times report, health experts have estimated that the United States will need three and a half million flu shots. monkey pox to control virus outbreak. So far, the government has only guaranteed 1.1 million vaccines, and half of them will not be delivered until October. The remaining 5.5 million vaccines purchased by the US government will be delivered through next year.

Due to the shortage of vaccines in the United States, many residents flock to the city of Montreal to be vaccinated against monkey pox.

The Canadian city of Montreal, just 70 kilometers north of

the united states border
and Canada, began supplying vaccines against monkey pox from mid-May.

It should be noted that so far, the city of Montreal has administered 18,500 doses of vaccines, including 13% of the doses against monkey poxThey cater to foreigners.

The World Health Organization will change the name of

monkey pox
, after some critics raised that the name can be seen as discriminatory and stigmatizing. This decision was taken after a meeting with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), which is helping to identify best practices for naming human diseases to avoid offending any cultural group, social, national, regional, professional or ethnic.

The WHO has officially declared
on July 23 that the current outbreak of monkeypox in several countries outside of traditionally endemic areas in Africa has already become a public health emergency of international concern.