Illinois
3rd Illinois monkeypox case identified in DuPage County
WHEATON, Sick. (AP) — Public well being officers have recognized a 3rd case of monkeypox every week after the primary two circumstances appeared in Illinois.
WLS-TV reviews {that a} man in DuPage County examined constructive for monkeypox after touring internationally. The grownup male was in a rustic that has reported an outbreak, based on the DuPage County Well being Division.
Check outcomes had been constructive Friday at an Illinois Division of Public Well being lab. A take a look at to verify the end result is pending on the federal Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention.
“The case stays remoted and right now there isn’t any indication there’s a nice danger of in depth native unfold of the virus, as monkeypox doesn’t unfold as simply because the COVID-19 virus,” the well being division stated in information launch.
The outbreak of the viral illness reached Illinois June 2 in a person who had traveled to Europe. A second Chicago resident was discovered to have the sickness a day later.
Monkeypox usually spreads by skin-to-skin contact. Most sufferers endure fever, physique aches, chills and fatigue. Others may develop a rash and lesions on the face and fingers that may unfold to different components of the physique. It’s hardly ever deadly.