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30 new cases of monkeypox diagnosed in Massachusetts in past week, DPH says
WCVB Updated: 7:20 PM EDT Jul 21, 2022
BOSTON —
Massachusetts health officials say 30 new cases of monkeypox were identified in adult males in Massachusetts within the past week, according to the latest count from the Department of Public Health.
The DPH said the total number of monkeypox cases in Massachusetts is now 79 since the first case in the United States was announced on May 18.
The 30 cases announced in Thursday's weekly update were diagnosed between July 14 and 20 through testing at the State Public Health Laboratory in Jamaica Plain.
The state health agency was working with local health officials, patients and health care providers to identify individuals who may have been in contact with the patients while they were infectious. Known monkeypox patients are instructed to isolate themselves from others until they are no longer infectious...
30 new cases of monkeypox diagnosed in Massachusetts in past week, DPH says
WCVB Updated: 7:20 PM EDT Jul 21, 2022
BOSTON —
Massachusetts health officials say 30 new cases of monkeypox were identified in adult males in Massachusetts within the past week, according to the latest count from the Department of Public Health.
The DPH said the total number of monkeypox cases in Massachusetts is now 79 since the first case in the United States was announced on May 18.
The 30 cases announced in Thursday's weekly update were diagnosed between July 14 and 20 through testing at the State Public Health Laboratory in Jamaica Plain.
The state health agency was working with local health officials, patients and health care providers to identify individuals who may have been in contact with the patients while they were infectious. Known monkeypox patients are instructed to isolate themselves from others until they are no longer infectious...
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