“We have the necessary testing capabilities and are accessible,” said Dr. Walenksy.
However, health officials should monitor the disease more actively, Dr. Gonzalves said, where to go out into the community to serve men who have sex with men, homeless shelters, etc. We actively provide inspections in the collective environment of. The virus may spread.
The monkeypox test is usually difficult to wipe off one of the lesions associated with the disease and extend the test to asymptomatic people, Dr. Warensky said. “You need a lesion to get tested,” she added.
Jynneos, the only vaccine approved by the FDA for monkeypox, is given twice at 28-day intervals. Manufactured by a small Danish company, Bavarian Nordic, its global supply is very limited.
Dawn O’Connell, Assistant Secretary of Preparation and Response for the US Department of Health and Human Services, said on Friday that the United States had purchased nearly 7 million doses in total, of which only 372,000 were received. So far, she said, 156,000 doses have been distributed nationwide.
State health officials can request an alternative vaccine known as ACAM2000, which was developed to prevent smallpox and should also provide protection against monkeypox, experts say. However, the vaccine is associated with serious side effects, and the federal government provides the vaccine only to “a relatively small number of small states,” O’Connell said.
