How are Canadian universities responding to monkeypox? – CTV

Sept. 2, 2022

As the new school year kicks off, universities across the country are back in crisis management mode, this time, to address monkeypox. The Public Health Agency in Canada recently reported a slowing down in the spread of cases, but experts say that risk remains high in campus settings.

While monkeypox is less contagious than COVID-19, Kerry Bowman, a bioethicist at the University of Toronto, says it’s a school’s job to be prepared.

“(Campuses) are not asexual settings, and with students in such close proximity, they need to be educated on how to protect themselves,” he told CTVNews.ca in August.

Universities are adapting the resources they created during the COVID-19 pandemic to tackle monkeypox, which the World Health Organization declared a global health emergency in July.

Read more: https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/how-are-canadian-universities-responding-to-monkeypox-1.6052652