This vaccine is applied in two doses and as of Monday it is approved to immunize against monkeypox and smallpox in the states of the country. This new batch adds to the 56 thousand doses sent last week as part of the first distribution to the states with the highest cases. For its part, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported on Wednesday, July 6, that the Labcorp laboratory began testing for monkeypox at its main branch in North Carolina and that they will receive samples from all over the world. country.
This, according to the CDC, will double the testing capacity in the country since the Labcorp laboratory will be able to do an estimated 100,000 weekly tests. HHS reported that four other labs are expected to begin testing soon.
Monkeypox vaccines are not available to all Americans, in several cities around the country they are only immunizing people at high risk of contracting the virus. The prioritized people are those who have had physical contact with people infected with the virus, men who have sex with other men and who have recently had several partners. This is because the increase in cases has affected homosexual and bisexual men. Amira Albert Roess, a professor of global health and epidemiology at George Mason University, said that health personnel have a good chance of dealing with the outbreak of infections if they apply the resources and knowledge they have properly. “I am still hopeful that we can speed up contact tracing and screening timing for quarantine, isolation and vaccination of close contacts,” she said.
–
