NEXT ON NBC 5 AT 10: The latest information on monkeypox in North Texas including the case under investigation at the Dallas County Jail.
"We have had a lot of active experience in those protocols keeping people safe over the last two-and-a-half years with COVID," Dallas County Sheriff Marian Brown said.
Visitors are still allowed to visit inmates and no other changes are being made to jail operations, spokeswoman Jasmyn Carter said. As of Tuesday, the Dallas County Health and Human Services Department reported 14 cases of monkeypox with at least one incident of local exposure.Download NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
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