A second case of the monkeypox virus has been confirmed in Alaska.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A second case of the monkeypox virus has been confirmed in Alaska less than a week after the state reported its first positive case, with both cases in Anchorage, according to the state epidemiologist Joe McLaughlin from the“What we’re seeing with respect to the national outbreak is 99% of the cases have been in people who were assigned to male sex at birth. And so it’s predominantly by the vast, vast, vast majority of cases have been in men,” McLaughlin said.
“This disease doesn’t care if you’re male, female, young, old. And really, it comes down to the way it’s transmitted is primarily through close skin-to-skin contact for a prolonged period of time,” he said. The Alaska DOH received 200 new doses of the monkeypox vaccine Wednesday night bringing the state’s total to 300 vaccines, with the department being able to request more in about two weeks
Tier 1: Post-exposure prophylaxis vaccination for people who have had a documented/notified exposure to someone with monkeypox, including:high or intermediate risk exposurePeople who have been alerted that they may have been exposed to monkeypox, even if they are not contacted by a public health authority .
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