On Saturday, two more states reported their first suspected cases of monkeypox. According to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, the probable cause was discovered in a Kansas City citizen who had just gone out of state.
The Indiana Department of Health also stated it was looking into a possible monkeypox case, but wouldn’t say where the patient was being held because he was in isolation.
In both states, contact tracking is happening. Initial testing was done in state health department labs, and confirmatory testing is being done at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States.
Dr. Kris Box, Indiana’s Health Commissioner, stated, “The danger of monkeypox among the general public continues to be extremely low.” “Monkeypox is an uncommon disease that does not spread easily through casual contact.”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported more than 110 confirmed cases of monkeypox/orthopoxvirus across numerous states as of Friday. California had the most cases (24), followed by New York (21), and Illinois (15). Houston’s health department verified the first case of monkeypox on Saturday.
Headlines began appearing last month: monkeypox, a zoonotic (usually occurring in animals) Orthopoxvirus, has infected humans and is spreading. The World Health Organization reports nearly 200 cases of monkeypox in countries not “usually known to have outbreaks.”
