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The state Department of Health is moving its monkeypox data reporting online. The website provides positive case numbers, vaccine availability and general information on the disease. The department also reported three new monkeypox cases.
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The state Department of Health reports two additional cases of Monkeypox, bringing the total reported cases in Hawaiʻi to 18 since June 3.
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Only one company makes the currently used monkeypox vaccine. Supply is limited in wealthy nations like the U.S. Less well-off nations, like Nigeria, where the outbreak began, have no vaccines at all.
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Is it a sexually transmitted disease? Can you get it on a crowded bus? Trying on clothes? We talk to specialists about how this virus is transmitted and what kinds of precautions are warranted.
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The state Department of Health identified a new monkeypox case, bringing the total number of cases in Hawaiʻi since early June to 12. The newest case is a Maui resident who traveled out of state.
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Hawaiʻi’s COVID-19 case numbers are declining — but state epidemiologist Dr. Sarah Kemble says the rate of decline is slow. Also, the state Department of Health has received over 300 doses of the JYNNEOS monkeypox vaccine.
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There are currently five confirmed cases and one probable case of monkeypox in Hawaiʻi — all on Oʻahu. Close contacts have been administered a monkeypox vaccine, which arrived in Hawaiʻi on June 9.
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Sample testing from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed the state’s first case of monkeypox, identifying a South African strain of the disease.
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A second probable case of monkeypox has been detected in Hawaiʻi, the state Department of Health announced Wednesday. Hawaiʻi's second case is an adult Oʻahu resident who had close contact with the first case reported in the state.
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The state Department of Health has detected a probable case of monkeypox in Hawaiʻi in an adult Oʻahu resident. The individual had traveled to a state where there is an outbreak, the DOH reported. The person is hospitalized in stable condition.