Wednesday, June 8, 2022

County Health Officials Are Investigating a New Monkeypox Case

In viruses-that-won't-read-the-room news, Dallas County health officials reported Tuesday afternoon that they were investigating a monkeypox case.

 

The patient, according to a news release from Dallas County Health and Human Services, had traveled internationally in the last month to a country that also has reported monkeypox cases. The individual was on a flight from Mexico to Dallas. Preliminary tests were positive Monday, and the county said that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lab in Atlanta will include it in their official case counts.

 

But this isn't the county's first rodeo with the virus. Last July the county reported its first case, and was able to isolate the patient and follow the individual's contacts until they were satisfied there was no outbreak.

 

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