There are currently six Americans being monitored by the CDC for monkeypox
NEW YORK CITY -- The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is investigating a possible monkeypox case.is harder to contract than COVID. It requires close contact or the sharing of bodily fluid.Worldwide it is deadly in 3 to 6% of cases.This is the largest outbreak outside of Africa.This follows a confirmed case in Massachusetts.
Usually, the cases are related to travel, but many of the recent cases in Europe in North America are in people without recent travel, meaning the virus is spreading locally."It's primarily spread by very close contact. It can be spread through the air but unlike COVID which can spread over a long-range and hang around in the air for a long time, we don't believe that is true with this virus," said Dr. Jay Varma, an epidemiologist.
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