Newly discovered cases of monkeypox in the U.S. are growing at an alarming rate … and health officials may have found the first cases involving person-to-person contact within our borders.
Four more cases of monkeypox have been detected in the United States, and one in Colorado is considered “close contact” with another infected person who was examined the day before.
Another close contact was found in California, with someone who had been around an infected patient 3 days earlier.
Cases of infection have risen to 14 in 8 states … as you know, 24 countries around the world have seen peaks in cases, with the World Health Organization improving the level of crisis threat a “moderate”.
As reported, the first case of monkeypox in the United States this year was detected on May 17 when a Massachusetts man tested positive after returning from Canada … the Massachusetts Department of Public Health says it is hospitalized in good condition.
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Monkeypox is transmitted from animals to humans when an infected animal, usually a primate or rodent, bites or scratches a human. It can also come from preparing wild game or hunting wild animals.
Transmission between humans occurs through skin-to-skin contact and the drops of an infected person.
It never ends.