State Public Health Officials Provide Latest Monkeypox Info
Press release from the California Department of Public Health (CDPH):
Today, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) provided a weekly update on the state’s monkeypox (MPX) outbreak and response.
Cases
- California has reported 5,010 probable and confirmed MPX cases.
- Cases have been reported in 44 local health jurisdictions.
- Complete case data is available on the state’s MPX data dashboard.
Hospitalizations
- There have been 195 hospitalizations in California due to the MPX virus and one confirmed death.
Vaccines
- California has received 165,371 vials of MPX vaccine, including 65,582 delivered directly to Los Angeles County from the federal government.
- CDPH has distributed 155,282 vials to other local public health departments.
- 208,108 total doses have been administered to 149,096 persons in California.
- Complete allocation and distribution data is available on the MPX vaccine page.
Treatment
- California has distributed 3,931 oral treatment courses of Tecovirimat (TPOXX).
ADDITIONAL UPDATES
Guidance for Child Care and School Settings
While MPX transmission among the general public and children remains low, CDPH has provided guidance for child care facilities and schools to help reduce the spread of infectious diseases, including MPX, in those settings. To date, CDPH has not received any reports of MPX spread in these settings. The guidance outlines how to prevent transmission, provides best practices in the event of any potential MPX exposure, and recommends that schools and child care facilities contact their local health department for additional assistance.
Know the Signs
People with MPX may first develop flu-like illness with fever, headache, muscle aches, exhaustion, and enlarged lymph nodes. A characteristic rash, which can appear like blisters or pimples in certain parts of the body, may occur a few days later. These blisters or pimples may be very painful. MPX may require hospitalization in rare instances. In some cases, no flu-like symptoms appear, and individuals only develop a rash. People with the virus may experience all or only a few of these symptoms. The illness may last for up to 2 to 4 weeks and usually resolves without specific treatment.
Slow & Prevent Spread
There are several measures that can be taken to prevent infection with MPX virus:
- Avoid any physical contact like hugging, kissing, or sexual intimacy with people who have symptoms of MPX, including a rash or sores.
- Talk to sexual partner/s about any recent illness. Be aware of new or unexplained sores or rashes on your body or a partner’s body, including on the genitals and anus.
- Do not share eating utensils or cups with a person with MPX.
- Do not handle or touch bedding, towels, clothing, or other fabrics that have been in contact with someone with MPX.
- Wash hands often with soap and water or use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer.
- Read the CDC’s latest information on safer sex, social gatherings and MPX and CDPH’s Safer Sex & MPX fact sheet.
If you have symptoms:
- Reach out to a health care provider to get checked out. If you don’t have a provider or health insurance, visit a public health clinic near you.
- Take a break from sexual and intimate contact as well as attending public gatherings.
- Isolate from others you live with.
- Wear a mask and cover rashes if needing to be around others and when visiting a health care provider.
Additional Resources
CDPH provides a webpage with multiple resources, including a Q&A, and communications toolkit with fact sheets, videos and social media assets for the public, community organizations, health care providers, and media outlets.
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“He who laughs last, laughs best”
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People choosing the lifestyle better get themselves that vaccine
Why drag politics into a health issue? Or is that all you can come up with, and just have to post at least once a day. Really, give a coherent reason why monkeypox is connected to the 2020 election. Just one reason that exists in reality..
I deleted my comment..
The election wasn’t worth stealing, that is the funniest part. You were had either way, neither give a sheet about people, democrats might be alittle worse of the 2 evils. But pretty close to the same. 190 hospitalized out of 39,000,000 people, 5 gallon buckets claim more lives.
🤔🧐Maybe this is the origin???😁
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Lol! You stepped in SOMETHING! 😂
Have a great weekend, gf!
LOL…Are you a magician? Cause you sure do a great disappearing act.
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Nope not a magician, lol, and Kym obviously doesn’t think I’m a good comedian either!!
Not even close to being funny. MPX is serious..
Do you have any jokes about people in hospital with Covid? How about Cancer patients. Do you think that’s funny?
How about the children that get MPX?
Based on the most common way monkeypox is spread there should be extra attention paid to cases in children and specifically how they were infected.
Oh, good grief… Monkey pox is serious? Barely 5000 cases?
Actually, yes I do have some jokes about COVID and cancer.
As far as kids getting monkey pox, that ain’t funny, and the thought of how they may have gotten it is why these “lifestyles” shouldn’t be normalized.
This disease really needs a name which is not hilarious; and MPX is not it.
Jesus, some people never learn.
Always check the wheels before jumping on the bandwagon..
Still waiting for Humboldt County Public Health to catch up to the rest of the country and the new CDC recommendations re: that oldie but goodie, ‘Rona. As for this monkey business? Count me out of caring. “Fool me once..”