Antiviral remedy to remedy monkeypox has arrived in Polynesia

A supply of 4 bottles of 168 capsules of Tecovirimat arrived final Saturday. The French Ministry of Well being has validated the cargo of this Monkeypox antiviral remedy to French Polynesia.

As a reminder, on July 23, 2022, the World Well being Group acknowledged the emergence of the epidemic because of the Monkeypox virus, whose epicenter is in Europe, as a public well being emergency of worldwide concern.

In an effort to anticipate the introduction of this virus into French Polynesia, the nation has licensed the advertising and marketing of the antiviral remedy Tecovimat.

To this point, no confirmed or possible case of the virus has been declared in French Polynesia. however the nation now has the likelihood, in conditions the place remedy is important, of treating sufferers with a extreme type of the illness.

In response to the web site of the nationwide Ministry of Well being, “Tecovimat is a part of the State’s strategic inventory. As such, it follows a specific distribution circuit outlined with Public Well being France and is due to this fact not disbursed below the identical circumstances as different well being merchandise: it’s only disbursed in well being institutions for sufferers with a extreme type of the illness”.

A number of months into the outbreak, tens of hundreds of monkeypox instances are confirmed worldwide and deaths are reported.

The vast majority of victims in Europe to this point are males who’ve intercourse with males, in line with the World Well being Group (WHO).
Firstly of August in France, 2,601 instances of monkey pox have been recorded, in line with the outcomes of Public Well being France (SpF). All are grownup males, aside from 23 ladies and a couple of youngsters, the well being company stated.
Concerning the vaccination marketing campaign, 54,585 doses have been delivered to vaccination facilities throughout France as of August 9, says SpF.
“Greater than 30,000 individuals” have been vaccinated, stated the Minister of Well being François Braun on the time. The Excessive Authority for Well being has estimated the goal inhabitants for this marketing campaign at some 250,000 individuals.