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Forty-five cases of monkeypox have been documented across the United States from Hawaii to the East Coast.
More than 1,300 cases have been found in about 30 other countries outside the areas of Africa where the virus is endemic.
TEXAS REPORTS FIRST CASE OF MONKEYPOX AS NATIONWIDE TALLY GROWS TO 35
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Although the majority of new monkeypox cases have been seen in gay or bisexual men, experts caution that anyone is at potential risk.
HUNDREDS OF MONKEYPOX CASES REPORTED WORLDWIDE: WHO
Monkeypox, which is related to smallpox, has milder symptoms that include fever, chills, rash and aches, before lesions develop.
Officials say the risk to the American public is low, but they are taking steps to assure people that medical measures are in place to deal with the growing problem.
A two-dose vaccine, Jynneos, is approved for monkeypox in the U.S.
The U.S. government has 72,000 Jynneos doses, and will get 300,000 more doses from its manufacturer, Bavarian Nordic, over the next several weeks, said Dawn O’Connell, who oversees the government’s stockpile of emergency vaccines and treatments.
An employee of the vaccine company Bavarian Nordic works in a laboratory of the company in Martinsried near Munich, Germany, May 24, 2022.
(Reuters/Lukas Barth)
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On Friday, the government announced it had ordered 500,000 more Jynneos doses from Bavarian Nordic to be delivered late this year. The company also is holding other doses owned by the U.S. government, she said.
Fox News’ Julia Musto and Associated Press contributed to this report
