US health officials said 56,000 doses of monkeypox vaccine are now available immediately, five times the number distributed so far in high-contamination areas, as part of a broader scale of immunization strategy.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended monkeypox vaccines only for people who have been exposed to the disease. “We now recommend that vaccines be offered to people known to have been exposed to smallpox sought by public health, as well as to people who have recently been exposed and have not yet been diagnosed through cases or contact tracing,” said the CDC director. , Rochelle Walensky.
Some examples include men who have sex with men who have multiple sexual partners where the disease occurs or in areas where the disease is spreading.
According to Rochelle, 4700 cases have been identified worldwide during the current outbreak, which began in May and was non-fatal, with 306 in the United States.
David Boucher, an official with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, said the federal government has already dispensed 10,000 doses and 300 prescriptions, adding to the 56,000 doses (two doses) of the Jynneos vaccine distributed on Tuesday.
The government provides an additional 240 lots thousand doses for the next few weeks and 1.6 million are expected to be available this year.
According to analysts, the actual number of monkeypox cases in the United States may be higher than official records, and part of the strategy will be access to testing. The CDC expanded the test to 78 districts in 48 states and said “10 thousand “We are testing at the national level once a week,” he said.
source: Noticias
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