In this photo illustration, blood test vials are seen in front of a screen that says ‘monkeypox’ (Photo Illustration by Nikos Pekiaridis / NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Keller, Texas , The Keller ISD has confirmed that someone at one of its schools has been diagnosed with monkeypox.
The person is part of the Central High School community, but no further details about the person were released. It is not clear whether it was a student or a staff member.
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The district said it was in contact with local health officials, who said “the risk of outbreaks in schools is currently low.”
High school areas are being sanitized to help contain the possibility of an outbreak.
Tarrant County Public Health is investigating the matter.
Monkeypox is usually spread through direct contact with an infected person’s rash, scabs, or bodily fluids.
However it can also be transmitted through respiratory fluids during prolonged skin-to-skin contact such as kissing, hugging, intimate physical contact, and/or touching objects that previously transmitted the infectious rash/bodily fluid Used to touch
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