The B.C. government says its vaccination campaign against monkeypox is in full swing and that public health staff are conducting contact tracing for anyone who may have been exposed to the disease.
Fifty-four cases have been confirmed in Vancouver Coastal Health, four are in Island Health, and three are in Fraser Health. No cases have been reported in Northern Health or Interior Health as of Friday.The province says Health Canada has a "limited stockpile" of smallpox vaccine, which can be used to treat monkeypox.
As of Wednesday, B.C. has administered 7,200 of those doses. New vaccines are ordered weekly and are distributed to each health authority as needed by the provincial government. Monkeypox is not easily spread, according to the province, and requires long periods of skin-to-skin contact for infection.Anyone can get the disease, though the province says people who identify as transgender men, gay, bisexual, or as men who have sex with men are generally at highest risk, as well as sex workers.
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