Wyandotte County broadcasts first-known case of monkeypox
Well being officers mentioned the individual with monkeypox is isolating at house
Up to date: 10:03 PM CDT Oct 4, 2022
AS MONKEYPOX CASES CLIMB ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THE FIRST PROBABLE CASE HAS EMERGED IN EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY. >> THE SWITCH FROM IT BEING A THEORETICAL THING TO IT BEING A, NO, IT’S HERE. IT CAN BE VERY SCARY FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. EMILY: CHIP COHLMIA WITH THE JACKSON COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS HIS TEAM IS WORKING TO IDENTIFY CLOSE CONTACTS AND GET THEM VACCINATED. BUT SUPPLY IS LIMITED. RIGHT NOW THERE ARE 1800 VIALS OF VACCINE FOR THE NORTHWEST MISSOURI REGION. THAT’S WHY COHLMIA SAYS THEY’RE BEING RESERVED FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE EXPOSED OR AT HIGH RISK OF EXPOSURE. HE SAYS WITHIN SEVERAL DAYS OF EXPOSURE, THE VACCINE COULD STILL PREVENT INFECTION. >> A LOT OF THIS JUST KIND OF DEPENDS ON HOW LONG IT TAKES FOR THE VACCINE TO TAKE EFFECT VERSUS THE POSSIBLE INCUBATION PERIOD IN BETWEEN WHEN YOU ARE EXPOSED, AND WHEN IT’S GOING TO START HITTING YOU. EMILY: IF YOU’RE VACCINATED WITHIN ABOUT 14 DAYS OF EXPOSURE. >> IT MIGHT NOT PREVENT THE INFECTION, BUT IT CAN MAKE THE SYMPTOMS MUCH MORE REDUCED, SO IT’S NOT AS STRESSFUL, PAINFUL OF AN INFECTION. EMILY: COHLMIA SAYS THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS SEEN INTEREST FROM PEOPLE WHO AREN’T ELIGIBLE. >> WE’VE HAD A LOT OF PHONE CALLS OF PEOPLE SAYING, WELL, I WANT TO GET THE VACCINE RIGHT NOW. AND IT’S LIKE, I LOVE THE ENTHUSIASM. IF WE HAD TONS OF VACCINE, WE WOULD GIVE IT TO YOU
Wyandotte County broadcasts first-known case of monkeypox
Well being officers mentioned the individual with monkeypox is isolating at house
Up to date: 10:03 PM CDT Oct 4, 2022
The Unified Authorities Public Well being Division of Wyandotte County introduced the county’s first-known case of monkeypox. Well being employees mentioned in a information launch that the Kansas Division of Well being and Surroundings confirmed the optimistic case.Well being officers mentioned the individual with monkeypox is remoted at house. The KDHE has contacted individuals who might have been uncovered to the affected person.The UGPHD mentioned the chance of neighborhood unfold is low. Wyandotte County has vaccines out there for people who find themselves at increased danger of being uncovered to monkeypox. Standards for increased danger relies on pointers from the CDC and KDHE.
The Unified Authorities Public Well being Division of Wyandotte County introduced the county’s first-known case of monkeypox.
Well being employees mentioned in a information launch that the Kansas Division of Well being and Surroundings confirmed the optimistic case.
Well being officers mentioned the individual with monkeypox is remoted at house. The KDHE has contacted individuals who might have been uncovered to the affected person.
The UGPHD mentioned the chance of neighborhood unfold is low.
Wyandotte County has vaccines out there for people who find themselves at increased danger of being uncovered to monkeypox. Standards for increased danger relies on pointers from the CDC and KDHE.