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New Mpox cases reported in Wake County. Should you get vaccinated?
Kristen Johnson
Tue, February 13, 2024 at 4:47 p.m. EST·3 min read
Wake County health officials are urging more people at risk for Mpox to get vaccinated after three people tested positive for the virus in the past six weeks.
The virus, formerly known as monkeypox, is in the smallpox family and involves flu-like symptoms, swelling of the lymph nodes, and a bumpy, fluid-filled rash before scabbing.
“This is important because it’s preventable,” said Kevin Harrell, the Wake County preventative health director. “We want people to actually get vaccinated, and if they notice any unusual scabs, lesions, blisters or anything like that, they can also be tested.”
Awareness of the virus spread in 2022 after an outbreak of more than 31,000 cases in the United States. Since then, 721 cases have been reported in North Carolina, 119 of them in Wake County.
Of the number in Wake County, 96% of cases were male, 91% were between the ages of 18 and 49, 67% of those infected were Black or African American and 53% were people living with HIV, Harrell said...
New Mpox cases reported in Wake County. Should you get vaccinated?
Kristen Johnson
Tue, February 13, 2024 at 4:47 p.m. EST·3 min read
Wake County health officials are urging more people at risk for Mpox to get vaccinated after three people tested positive for the virus in the past six weeks.
The virus, formerly known as monkeypox, is in the smallpox family and involves flu-like symptoms, swelling of the lymph nodes, and a bumpy, fluid-filled rash before scabbing.
“This is important because it’s preventable,” said Kevin Harrell, the Wake County preventative health director. “We want people to actually get vaccinated, and if they notice any unusual scabs, lesions, blisters or anything like that, they can also be tested.”
Awareness of the virus spread in 2022 after an outbreak of more than 31,000 cases in the United States. Since then, 721 cases have been reported in North Carolina, 119 of them in Wake County.
Of the number in Wake County, 96% of cases were male, 91% were between the ages of 18 and 49, 67% of those infected were Black or African American and 53% were people living with HIV, Harrell said...