LOS ANGELES (KNX) – Los Angeles County health officials confirmed the county’s first suspected case of monkeypox on Thursday.
Officials said they’re currently waiting for final confirmation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The patient is an adult who traveled recently and “had a known close contact to a case”, according to a news release. The patient is symptomatic, but is not in the hospitalization. They’re currently in isolation.
This comes a little over a week after California’s first suspected case was discovered in Sacramento County.
At this time, health officials say the risk of monkeypox in the general population is very low.
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