Health officials revealed that monkeypox has now been detected in all 50 states.
Wyoming on Monday became the last state to report a case of the disease.
The Wyoming Department of Health announced the case in an adult male in Laramie County, which also includes the capital of Cheyenne.
Public health representatives are currently working with the positive individual to see if additional residents are at higher risk of getting monkeypox because of potential direct contact.
Alexia Harst, state health official and state epidemiologist for the Wyoming Department of Health, said: “Since monkeypox is spread by close, intimate contact, we do not believe that the risk for the virus is now a high enough for the local community or most people in Wyoming.” is a matter of concern.” a statement. Told. “Monkeypox doesn’t spread as easily as familiar viruses like influenza or COVID-19.”
Since the first case was announced in a Massachusetts patient in mid-May, more than 14,100 infections have been reported nationwide as of Monday, CDC data shows.
CDC data shows New York currently has more than 2,700 infections, followed by California, Florida, Texas and Georgia, respectively.
An automated system extracts DNA for monkeypox virus testing on July 12, 2022 at the UW Medicine Virology Laboratory in Seattle.
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In the past month, the daily number of reported cases has increased from 97 per day a month earlier to more than 1,300 per day as of August 10, according to the federal health agency.
Most cases of this outbreak have occurred during intimate skin-to-skin contact between men who have sex with men, a group that includes people who identify as gay, bisexual, transgender, and non-binary.
However, the CDC has stressed that there is no evidence that monkeypox is a sexually transmitted disease and that anyone can be infected by prolonged exposure.
At least five pediatric cases have been reported and at least one case has been reported in a pregnant woman.
While it is also possible to become infected with monkeypox by touching an infected patient’s clothing, sheets or towels, or by prolonged face-to-face contact through respiratory droplets, the CDC says that most documented transmission is not by either of these two methods. Has happened. ,
Two weeks ago, the US Department of Health and Human Services declared the outbreak a public health emergency, which officials said would help with the distribution of treatments and vaccines.
Public health officials urge anyone who has been exposed to monkeypox or thinks they have been exposed to receive the Genios vaccine, approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for both smallpox and monkeypox.
According to HHS, as of August 9, more than 620,000 vaccine doses have been purchased and an additional 1.1 million are available to order.
The CDC says the best way to reduce the risk of infection is to limit skin-to-skin contact with people whose status of monkeypox is unknown, by eliminating “high-touch surfaces” that may touch their skin. and for people to avoid touching their skin or eyes with their hands after coming into contact with a shared surface.
ABC News’ Ariel Mitropoulos and Sonny Salzman contributed to this report.
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