As of Friday, there were at least 122 positive cases in D.C., 44 in Virginia and 37 in Maryland, health departments have reported.
The District has received about 8,300 doses, most of which arrived last week, and about 2,600 first doses of the two-dose regimen have been administered, she said.D.C. Health Director LaQuandra Nesbitt said Monday said by far the hardest-hit community is people in their early 30s who belong to the LGBTQ-plus community, but she emphasized that the virus can infect anyone.
Patrick Ashley, senior deputy director at the D.C. Department of Health, on Friday said the District has recorded no biologically female cases.A few District residents have been hospitalized for pain control, but no one has been hospitalized directly because of monkeypox complications, he said. “If they see something strange on their body whether it’s a rash or a lesion or something that just doesn’t look right, that they talk to their provider,” he said. “People can be apprehensive about talking to their doctor about things on their body that could be monkeypox or something else. We want individuals to feel comfortable seeking care.”District contact tracers had identified about 560 close contacts, but the true number is higher, Ashley said.
“In terms of how our community is coping, symptoms have been very painful and it’s been scary for everyone involved,” Mass Collab said in a statement. “It’s brand new for everyone in our community so we’re all learning about its symptoms and transmissibility as quickly as possible.”Outside the District, local public health departments are preparing for another shipment of vaccine, but as of Friday did not know how many doses they would receive or when.
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