As of Thursday, there are 30 presumptive or confirmed monkeypox cases in L.A. County. As of last week, no one in the county had been hospitalized or died from the disease.
Riverside and Santa Clara counties reported their first probable cases of monkeypox this week while the number of confirmed cases continues to grow throughout California.“The majority of people who have been diagnosed here in L.A. County with monkeypox have been folks who attended two very big parties,” FerrerAmong humans, monkeypox can be transmitted through sustained skin-to-skin contact with someone who has an active rash.
The primary mode of transmission is through virus-filled lesions on the skin, which can be filled with infectious pus. It’s plausible that a person can be contagious without lesions on the skin, such as if a lesion is in their throat or mouth, and they can breathe out the virus to people. Monkeypox is nowhere near as contagious as the coronavirus and measles, which can hang in stagnant air in a room for more than an hour.Ferrer said L.A. County health officials are arranging opportunities for people exposed to the monkeypox virus to get vaccinated against the disease in hopes of avoiding infection.
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