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Nearly 200 Monkeypox Cases in RivCo, Majority in the Coachella Valley

Name: Nearly 200 Monkeypox Cases in RivCo, Majority in the Coachella Valley
Uploaded: 2022-08-31T10:49:28-07:00
Channel: NBC Palm Springs
Description: According to health officials, the monkeypox vaccine can prevent infection if given before or shortly after exposure to the virus. The county is working with community partners to expand eligibility for the two-shot vaccines to include at-risk individuals, and to set up treatment sites with Tecovirimat – – an antiviral medication used to treat orthopoxvirus infections such as monkeypox.

By: Ceci Partridge

August 31, 2022

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