Texas Sees First Case of Monkeypox After International Flight from Africa Touches Down, Man in Quarantine as Authorities Rush to Find Anyone Who Had Contact with Him
Monkeypox has been introduced into Texas, where health officials say the rare disease is not a threat to the public.
Dallas County Health and Human Services reports that the infected person Disease to Dallas on July 9, according to KDFW-TV. Personally, had a trip that originated in Lagos, Nigeria, on July 8, then arrived in Atlanta from Nigeria and continued on to Dallas, according to CBS.
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is currently contacting the others on the flight.
Passenger passing through Atlanta on a flight from Nigeria contracted smallpox in monkeys https://t.co/vnfiRh9qBL
– WSB-TV (@wsbtv) July 16, 2021
The individual is isolated at a local hospital and is reported to be in stable condition, the person who tested positive is currently isolated at the hospital to prevent the spread of the virus and is in a stable condition .
“Although very rare, this case is not cause for alarm and we do not expect any threat to the public,” said Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins.
Jenkins notes that tourists will wearing a mask to comply with coronavirus regulations.
“It is believed that the risk of spreading smallpox in monkeys through respiratory droplets to other people on the plane and in the airport is low,” he said.
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Local health officials also said the risk to the public was minimal.
“We have determined that there is little risk to the public. This is another demonstration of the importance of maintaining a strong public health infrastructure, as we are only a plane flight away from any global infectious disease,” said director of health services. district, said Dr. Philip Huang.
County health authorities said they believe this is the first case of monkeypox in Texas.
“We have confidence in the federal, state and local health professionals who are working to ensure that this virus is contained and that patients are treated with the utmost care. The City of Dallas stands ready to support their efforts in any way necessary,” said Mayor Eric Johnson.
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– Mede Nix (@medenix) July 16, 2021
The Federal Centers for Disease Control said monkey smallpox “It was first discovered in 1958 when two outbreaks of a chickenpox-like disease occurred in study populations of monkeys, hence the name ‘monkey smallpox’.”
“The first human case of monkeypox was recorded in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo during a period of great effort to eliminate smallpox. Since then monkeypox has been reported in humans in other Central and West African countries,” according to the CDC.
CDC says that the symptoms Symptoms include fever, headache, muscle aches, exhaustion, and swollen lymph nodes. Rashes and sores are the most visible signs that a person has the disease. According to the CDC, a patient with monkeypox became ill for a period of two to four weeks. In Africa, the disease can kill 10 percent of those infected, the CDC says.
A 2003 outbreak of monkeypox in the U.S. that caused 47 people in Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin to end up involved people who bought prairie dogs as pets, according to the site. CDC. Prairie dogs have been infected by African rodents.
