MIAMI – The Florida Department of Health launched information Sunday reporting there are 348 confirmed monkeypox cases in Miami-Dade and 324 in Broward. Initial information reveals Monkeypox cases in Miami-Dade County surpass the entire in Broward County. Since the Monkeypox outbreak was detected in Florida, Broward County led the case count within the State. The State of Florida has 888 Monkeypox cases as of August sixth, 2022.
The CDC and Florida Department of Health are urging of us to grow to be vigilant and get vaccinated to keep away from additional unfold. The virus is primarily unfold by males who’ve intercourse with males and is unfold by shut contact with contaminated people. According to the CDC, folks with monkeypox often get rashes within the contaminated areas which may trigger painful blisters that seem like pimplelike. Monkeypox signs often begin inside three weeks of publicity to the virus and if somebody has flu-like signs, they’ll often develop a rash 1-4 days later in accordance with the CDC web site. The sickness sometimes lasts 2-4 weeks and the monkeypox virus can unfold from the time signs begin till the rash has healed and all scabs have fallen and utterly healed. To date, the United States has not had any fatalities as a result of virus.
The Florida Department of Health is urging folks with excessive threat to get vaccinated in opposition to the Monkeypox virus which is a two-dose vaccine. The second dose is run 28 days after receiving the primary. Appointments for Miami-Dade will be discovered on the Florida Department of Health web site right here: https://miamidade.floridahealth.gov/important-information/monkeypox-vaccine-appts.html
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If you watched you might have a Monkeypox case please contact your main well being care physician or the Florida Department of Health. Â
