Monkeypox vaccines in Washoe County are very limited.
The case is currently under investigation through the Nevada Department of Public and Behavioral Health, Elko County’s health department.
The Washoe County Health District says it vaccinated nearly 300 people for monkeypox last week.
The monkeypox vaccine is extremely limited and currently unavailable to the general public in Washoe County.
Neither case was hospitalized.
A public health emergency can be extended, similar to what happened during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The White House said the pair would coordinate “strategy and operations to combat the current monkeypox outbreak."
The health district says they've been getting a lot of calls asking about the vaccine.
Health departments in San Francisco and other major cities say they still don’t have enough shots to meet demand.
As of July 11, five monkeypox virus cases have been identified in Nevada.