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

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

The confirmed cases of monkeypox in WErepresent almost 30% of the world’s population, despite the fact that the American population represents less than 5% of the world’s population.

In early August (2022), the Biden administration declared the monkeypox as a public health emergency. However, many have claimed that US authorities are moving too slowly and failing to meet demand for vaccines as the number of cases continues to rise.

A San Francisco resident noted that: “It was difficult. I was here yesterday and it was like four blocks long 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 3.5 million vaccines against monkeypox to control virus outbreak. So far, the government has only secured 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 monkeypox.

The Canadian city of Montreal, just 70 kilometers north of the United States border and Canada, began supplying vaccines against monkey pox since 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 made after a meeting with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), which helps 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 ongoing monkeypox outbreak in several countries outside of traditionally endemic areas in Africa has already become a public health emergency of international concern.