Toronto Public Health says there are two new suspected cases of monkeypox in the city, as well as a likely case of the virus being investigated.
All three cases are men – two in their 30s and 20s, the agency said.
He says the three men are fine.
The agency says one of the three men had traveled to Montreal and was a contact on the first suspicious case Toronto Public Health said it was investigating in the city over the weekend.
The first case involved a 40-year-old man who had contact with someone who had recently traveled to Montreal.
The agency said Wednesday that the first case was considered a probable case.
Quebec health officials have reported a total of 15 confirmed cases in the province. Last week, Quebec reported the first cases of the virus in Canada.
It does not spread easily among people
Smallpox is a rare disease that comes from the same family of viruses that cause smallpox, which the World Health Organization declared eradicated worldwide in 1980.
In general, smallpox is not easily transmitted between people and is transmitted through prolonged close contact, including direct contact with an infected person’s respiratory droplets, body fluids, or ulcers.
Smallpox is usually milder than smallpox and can cause fever, headache, muscle aches, exhaustion, swollen lymph nodes and injuries all over the body.
Health officials have said the risk of monkeypox is low.