Los Angeles County reports 14 total probable cases of monkeypox as infections slowly rise across US

LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Because the variety of monkeypox infections continues to rise throughout the U.S., Los Angeles County public well being officers on Thursday reported 14 complete possible circumstances within the area.

L.A. County confirmed its first presumptive case of monkeypox on June 2 after an grownup county resident traveled, and had a identified shut contact to a case.

The L.A. County Public Well being Division continues to research and conduct contact tracing — monitoring and coordinating post-exposure prevention for shut contacts as wanted.

Public well being officers say the danger of monkeypox within the normal inhabitants stays low “primarily based on the knowledge obtainable.”

Since Might, circumstances of monkeypox have been reported to the World Well being Group from 12 member states.

The CDC issued a well being advisory on Might 20 after a confirmed case of monkeypox in Massachusetts, in addition to a number of clusters of infections in different nations that do not normally have monkeypox circumstances.

To see a CDC map of monkeypox circumstances within the U.S., click on right here.