At least ten monkeypox cases have been identified in eight states, according to the CDC.
said its presumed case was found in a woman in Northern Virginia who recently traveled to “an African country where the disease is known to occur.” Some of the other cases were in people who traveled to African nations.
Monkeypox is endemic in Central and Western Africa, and it’s rarely found elsewhere. State and local health authorities are doing contact tracing on the U.S. cases to find out how the people contracted monkeypox, a skin disease similar to"We shouldn't be surprised to see more cases reported in the U.S. in the upcoming days,” said Raj Panjabi, MD, White House senior director for global health security and biodefense, according to CNN.
On Friday, the World Health Organization said about 200 cases of monkeypox had been reported in more than 20 countries where monkeypox rarely occurs,A WHO adviser told the AP that the outbreaks in Europe, the United States, Israel, and Australia were probably linked to two recent raves in Spain and Belgium.
Spain said it had detected 98 cases, including a woman with a direct connection to a transmission chain previously limited to men, the AP said.CNN: “CDC identifies 9 monkeypox cases in 7 states.”The Associated Press: “WHO: Nearly 200 cases of monkeypox in more than 20 countries.”
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