Health officials are awaiting final confirmation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but say the risk to the general public remains low.
related to the most recent global outbreak. Two close contacts of that person are now suspected cases.Monkeypox is caused by a member of the same family of viruses as smallpox, although it’s much less severe and experts say chances of infection are low.
L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said monkeypox requires very close contact to spread or prolonged physical contact with clothes or bedding that was used by an infected person.She cited possible sources as “items that have been contaminated with fluids or with the storage of clothing, bedding, or through respiratory droplets, [like] prolonged face-to-face contact.”
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