SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A sixth and seventh case of monkeypox was present in Sacramento County, and in contrast to the primary 5 instances, these new instances are associated to journey inside the USA.
“There’s only a lot happening the final couple of years. It’s simply annoying,” mentioned Sean Wilson, who’s touring from Sacramento to Alaska.
However nervousness has as soon as once more set in after the Sacramento County Division of Public Well being confirmed there are actually seven monkeypox instances within the space.
“We’ve got no proof of informal transmission. It seems to be extended contact with folks, and so we’re not anticipating this to have widespread transmission like we did with COVID,” mentioned Dr. Dean Blumber, a UC Davis infectious illness knowledgeable.
As of Thursday afternoon, the CDC confirmed 100 instances of Monkeypox nationwide, with Sacramento County alone making up 7% of them.
So is Sacramento County prepared to assist, and the way?
“There are two accessible vaccines used for monkeypox. One for monkeypox and smallpox, and one for smallpox that gives some safety,” Blumberg mentioned.
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The smallpox virus was eradicated in 1970 and although the federal authorities stopped mass producing the vaccine, they manufacture it in small quantities.
“The federal authorities has a stockpile of those vaccines within the occasion of a bioterrorism assault utilizing the smallpox virus, so we do have vaccines accessible,” Blumberg mentioned.
Blumberg says the CDC is distributing the restricted stash to every state, which is able to allocate them to county well being departments.
“Public well being will make it accessible to folks at excessive danger as a consequence of publicity,” he mentioned.
Sacramento County confirmed to CBS13 that after shut contact tracing, they’ve given 30 vaccines to folks uncovered to the virus.
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Signs of monkeypox can final between 5 and 21 days and embody fever, headache, muscle aches and chills.
