The monkeypox virus can lead to neurologic complications such as brain inflammation, according to a new report.
On Tuesday, Los Angeles County officials reported the country’s first monkeypox case in a health care worker who was exposed on the job, according to“We have identified a health care worker with monkeypox who appears to have been exposed to the virus at their worksite,” Rita Singhal, MD, MPH, chief medical officer for the L.A. County Department of Public Health, told city officials during a meeting.
“This is the first case of monkeypox in a health care worker in the United States that has been linked to a worksite exposure,” she said. Health department officials said they spoke with the CDC on the case, the newspaper reported, but declined to answer additional questions about the health care worker’s condition or how the exposure occurred. Singhal said public health officials will share information about infection prevention with medical professionals, including guidance on personal protective equipment, emphasizing that the risk for health care workers “remains very low.
Los Angeles County has reported 1,900 monkeypox cases, marking one of the highest counts in the U.S., the newspaper reported. California leads the states with the 4,300 cases, followed by 3,700 in New York, according to theGlobally, the U.S. has reported the highest number of cases with 22,630, followed by Spain with nearly 7,000 and Brazil with 6,000.
Los Angeles Times: “Nation’s first MPX case in healthcare worker exposed on the job is reported in L.A. County.”CDC: “2022 Monkeypox Outbreak Global Map, updated Sept. 13, 2022.”
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