On WRAL-TV at 6: People lined up for Wake County's monkeypox vaccine clinic Saturday.
— Wake County hosted a walk-in monkeypox vaccine clinic Saturday.
— North Carolina added nine new cases of monkeypox on Friday, bringing the state close to 100 cases since the outbreak began
Monkeypox is spreading by close, often intimate, skin-to-skin contact
Even though it’s spreading mostly among gay and bisexual men, Wolfe says monkeypox should be on everyone’s radarWhat is monkeypoxThe most common means of spread, according to the CDC, is when people come into contact with the rash, scabs or bodily fluids of someone who has monkeypoxMonkeypox can spread through the air, but only to those very close by, with face-to-face contact like kissing or snuggling
People can contract monkeypox by touching items that come in contact with the rash of others, such as clothingThe CDC recommends vaccination within four days of a monkeypox exposure and says that if a person gets the vaccine four to 14 days after exposure, it may still ease symptomsAppointments are required for monkeypox vaccinesLinks to monkeypox vaccine info by county: Wake | Durham | Cumberland
To help combat the outbreak, the state is getting thousands more doses of the monkeypox vaccineWake County has 550 doses available, and right now those are only for those deemed high-risk – a group which includes gay and bisexual men who have had multiple or anonymous sex partners in the last 3 monthsDoctors say those already vaccinated against smallpox likely have some protection against monkeypox - but it’s unclear how much and those people at-risk are encouraged to get the newer vaccineOn Saturday, Wake County is holding a free, walk-in vaccine clinic from 10 to 3 at the Health Center on Sunnybrook Road