First confirmed case of Monkeypox in Pennsylvania

(WHTM) — The Philadelphia Division of Public Well being has recognized a Philadelphia resident who’s possible for monkeypox based mostly on preliminary testing on the Pennsylvania Division of Well being’s Bureau of Laboratories. The Philadelphia Division of Public Well being is working alongside the Heart for Illness Management and Prevention.

“The menace to Philadelphians from monkeypox is extraordinarily low,” stated Well being Division Acute Communicable Illness Program Supervisor Dana Perella.

Monkeypox is considerably much less contagious than COVID-19 and is containable when correct care is sought out promptly. A vaccine for monkeypox is out there by the CDC for high-risk people.

The present outbreak was first confirmed by a British resident on Might 6, 2022. Since then there have been confirmed instances in 29 totally different non-endemic international locations, together with the USA. The CDC experiences that there are 19 confirmed instances in ten totally different states.

There has solely been one loss of life worldwide to date.

Anybody who’s experiencing signs of monkeypox, akin to an unexplained rash on their face, palms, arms, legs, genitals, or perianal area which may be accompanied by flu-like sickness ought to contact their healthcare supplier instantly.

Monkeypox is unfold by shut, private contact. Preliminary signs embrace fever, fatigue, headache, and enlarged lymph nodes.

For extra info on monkeypox, see the Pennsylvania Division of Well being’s newly up to date reality sheet: https://www.well being.pa.gov/subjects/Paperwork/Diseasespercent20andpercent20Conditions/Monkeypox.pdf.