Montreal Public Health to Provide Update on Suspected Presence of Rare Monkeypox

This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virions, left, and spherical immature virions, right, obtained from a sample of human skin associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. CDC via AP/Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Russell Regner

Public health authorities in Montreal will provide an update today on the suspected presence of monkeypox in the city.

Dr. Mylène Drouin, the city’s public health director, and Dr. Geneviève Bergeron, the medical officer for health emergencies and infectious diseases, will speak at 11 a.m.