June 10 2022
REBECCA LOROFF
OCONTO - Several Oconto County residents were exposed to monkeypox while in contact with a visitor to the area who was contagious, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services said in a news release.
The person was visiting from another state, and so far there are no confirmed cases of monkeypox in Wisconsin, the agency said. Health officials are calling the exposure "isolated" and are monitoring Oconto County residents who were exposed for signs and symptoms of the disease.
The state Department of Health Services and Oconto County health officials say they are monitoring the situation and will provide updates as new developments emerge.
... The Wisconsin health department emphasized in a news release Friday that "risk of widespread transmission of monkeypox to the public is low. Monkeypox does not spread easily from person to person."
REBECCA LOROFF
OCONTO - Several Oconto County residents were exposed to monkeypox while in contact with a visitor to the area who was contagious, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services said in a news release.
The person was visiting from another state, and so far there are no confirmed cases of monkeypox in Wisconsin, the agency said. Health officials are calling the exposure "isolated" and are monitoring Oconto County residents who were exposed for signs and symptoms of the disease.
The state Department of Health Services and Oconto County health officials say they are monitoring the situation and will provide updates as new developments emerge.
... The Wisconsin health department emphasized in a news release Friday that "risk of widespread transmission of monkeypox to the public is low. Monkeypox does not spread easily from person to person."