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NEWSCENTER 5 AT 5:30. ERIKA: FEDERAL DOSES OF A MONKEY-POX VACCINE ARE NOW AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE IN MASSACHUSETTWIS TH THE HIGHEST RISK FOR INFECTION. HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS IS DR. SHIRA DORON, THE HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGIST AT TUFTS MEDICAL CENT.ER THANKS AS ALWAYS FOR JOINING US. >> GREAT TO BE WITH YOU. N:BE AS YOU KNOW, THE FIRST U.S. CASE IN THIS OUTBREAK OF MONKEY-POX WAS IDENTIFIED HERE IN MASSACHUSETTS ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO. SINCE THEN, HEALTH OFFICIALS HAVE CONFIRMED 14 ADDITIALON CASES IN SEVEN OTHER STAS.TE DO YOU THINK THAT NUMBER IS LIKELY TO GO HIGR?HE >> YES. I THINK BECAUSE OF INCREASED AWARENESS, PEOPLE WILL SEEK CARE AND MORE CLINICIANS WILL RECOGNIZE THE CONDITION, WHICH IS A GOOD THING. IF THE NUMBERS DO RISE, THAT DOES NOT MEAN THERES IRAMPANT UNCONTROLLED SPREAD. IT SPREADS A LOT LESS EASYIL PERSON-TO-PERSON THEN SAY COVID ORLU F. ERIKA: APPARENTLY CASES ARE VYER RARE IN THE U.S. HAVE YOU OR YOUR COLLEAGS UEEVEN SEEN THIS INER PSON BEFORE? AND I’M SURE THERE IS A PLAIFN SOMEONE COMES TO THE HOSPITAL AND IT IS IDENTIFIED. >> WE HAVE NOT HAD A CASE, BUT I’M SURE IT IS READY IF WE DO. WE SCRNEE PATIENTS AT ALL FORMS OF ENTRY FOR SYMPTOMS OF COMMUNICLEAB DISEASES AND FOR TRAVEL OUTSIDE THE U.S. WE DID THAT SINCE 2014 WHEN WE WERE PREPARING FOR THOSE WITH EBOLA. WE USE THE SAME PPE FOR COVID. WE CALLED THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ABOUT WHETHER WE SHOULD DISCUSS TESTING THAT PERSON. ERIKA: THERES I A MONKEYPOX VACCINE STOCKPILED IN MASSACHUSETTS THAT CAN PREVENT INFECTION. WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO GETT? I >> RIGHT NOW, THE VACNECI IS BEING OFFERED TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN DEEMED CLOSE CONTACTS WITH A HIGH OR INTERMEDIATE DEGREE OF EXPOSURE. THAT INCLUDES HEALTH-CARE CARE WORKERS AT MASS GENELRA HOSPITAL, THOSE WHO WERE EXPOSED , AND THAT WORKS BECAUSE THE TIME BETWEEN EXPOSURE AND FEINCTION IS LONG ENOUGH FOR A VACCINTOE WORK AS POSTEXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS. THE CDC IS RECOMMENDGIN THAT LAB WORKERSHO W HANDLE THE VIRUS BE VACCINAT WEDITH THIS NEWER VACCINE PRODUCT.

Mass. doctor on recent United States cases of monkeypox

Updated: 5:59 PM EDT May 31, 2022

Dr. Shira Doron discusses the recent cases of monkeypox identified all over the world, and the way Boston medical doctors put together to deal with uncommon infections comparable to these.

Dr. Shira Doron discusses the recent cases of monkeypox identified all over the world, and the way Boston medical doctors put together to deal with uncommon infections comparable to these.