The health unit is encouraging eligible residents to get vaccinated against the virus formerly known as monkeypox amid the rise in cases.
The public health unit says the virus has spread recently mostly between people who have had intimate or sexual contact, with men who have sex with men the most affected.
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
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