Tuesday 7 June 2022 12:34 AM CDC confirms there are now 31 cases of monkeypox across the United States trends now
The CDC on Monday confirmed there are now 31 cases of monkeypox across the United States, with New York and California the hardest-hit of 13 afflicted states.
New York has seven cases, and California has six.
Florida has four, and Colorado three. Two cases have been reported in Illinois and Utah, while one case is confirmed in DC, Georgia, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington.
On Sunday, the first positive case was reported in a DC resident who recently traveled to Europe, according to health officials in the nation's capital.
In the statement, officials said that the infected person is isolating and that close contacts are being notified. Officials said that there is no threat to the public from this person.
Symptoms of the disease include muscle aches, fever and headache that are followed by a rash or lesions. The World Health Organization says that between three and six percent of reported cases have led to death, in countries where the virus is endemic.
On June 4, the WHO stated, in their most recent update: 'As of 2 June 2022, there have been no deaths associated within the current monkeypox outbreak in non-endemic countries, however, cases and deaths continue to be reported from endemic countries.'
Anybody who is experiencing symptoms is asked to contact their healthcare provider and to seek medical attention.
Potential cases of the virus have also been confirmed in Atlanta and San Francisco among people who have recently traveled to areas where the virus is prevalent.
The first positive case in the US came on May 18 when it was detected in a person who recently returned from Canada.
Two different strains have been found in the U.S., with a vast majority of cases matching the same strain that has been found across Europe in recent weeks.
Both strains are of the less-severe Western African variant. Two different strains implies that there were multiple animal-to-human transfers of the virus that eventually led to U.S. cases, though.
Symptoms of the disease include muscle aches, fever and headache that are followed by a rash or lesions
The DC resident who tested positive for orthopox recently recently returned to the US from Europe
Samples have been taken from the person are being assessed by the CDC
Raj Panjabi, senior director for the White House's global health security and biodefense division, said on June 4 that 1,200 vaccines and 100 treatment courses had been delivered to US states, where they were offered to close contacts of those
