Since May, nearly 90 countries have reported more than 31,000 cases of monkeypox.
typically requires skin-to-skin or skin-to-mouth contact with an infected patient’s lesions. People can also be infected through contact with the clothing or bedsheets of someone who has monkeypox lesions., but scientists are still trying to figure out how often that happens. British health officials say they haven't confirmed any instances of airborne transmission.A large percentage of cases have been in gay and bisexual men.
Still, anyone can catch the virus if they are in close contact with an infected person or fabrics that touched an infected person.With supplies limited, health officials are not recommending mass vaccination. They are suggesting the shots for health workers, people who have been in close contact with an infected person, and men at high risk of catching monkeypox.
Officials are also trying to stretch supplies of the vaccine, Jynneos. It requires two doses, but many places are only giving one dose.that would allow health professionals to vaccinate up to five people — instead of one — with each vial. The approach uses just a fraction of the typical amount of vaccine and administers it with an injection just under the skin rather than into deeper tissue. Recipients would still get two shots a month apart.
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