Michigan: 2022 Monkeypox

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Michigan's first probable case of monkeypox virus is in Oakland County
Kristen Jordan Shamus
Detroit Free Press
June 29, 2022

An Oakland County resident is the first in Michigan to have a probable case of the monkeypox virus, state health officials said Wednesday...

...Preliminary testing by the state Bureau of Laboratories showed a presumptive positive result for orthopoxvirus. Testing to confirm that is now underway by the CDC.

The person is isolating and does not pose a risk to the public, state health officials said in a statement...

 

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Source: https://www.freep.com/story/news/he...nd-known-michigan-monkeypox-case/10006696002/

2nd Michigan case of monkeypox identified in person from city of Detroit
Kristen Jordan Shamus
Detroit Free Press
July 7, 2022

A second Michigan case of monkeypox has been identified in a person from the city of Detroit, state health leaders told the Free Press on Thursday.

It is unclear whether the Detroiter with monkeypox is linked to the state's first confirmed case, which was identified last week in Oakland County, said Lynn Sutfin, a spokesperson for the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.

Both remain under investigation, Sutfin said, as health officials try to identify close contacts of the people who have monkeypox and might have been exposed...

 

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Source: https://www.wxyz.com/news/what-we-know-now-about-monkeypox-cases-in-metro-detroit

What we know now about Monkeypox cases in metro Detroit
By: Jim Kiertzner
Posted at 5:10 PM, Jul 08, 2022
and last updated 6:45 PM, Jul 08, 2022

DETROIT (WXYZ) — Detroit Health Department officials say a second case of monkeypox has been confirmed in the city, making for the third confirmed case in the metro area.

"The phase we're in right now is containment. We don't want monkeypox to become an endemic in the state of Michigan or in the United States,” said Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian, the state's chief medical officer.

Detroit health officials say an event held on June 26 in Midtown may have exposed dozens of people to the virus.

At this time, WXYZ will not identify the name of the bar and event to allow the department to conduct contact tracing and testing.

According to Denise Fair Rezo, Detroit’s health director, more than 100 people have already been notified by phone or email that they were exposed to the virus at the event...

 

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Source: https://www.wxyz.com/news/michigan-confirms-9-monkeypox-cases-cdc-says

Michigan confirms 9 monkeypox cases, CDC says
Posted at 6:52 PM, Jul 13, 2022
and last updated 11:16 PM, Jul 13, 2022

DETROIT (WXYZ) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting nine confirmed cases of monkeypox in Michigan.

On Monday, the CDC reported six confirmed cases in Michigan. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services told 7 Action News on Monday there were three cases in Oakland County, one in the city of Detroit and one in Kent County...

 

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Source: https://www.clickondetroit.com/heal...nd-everything-you-should-know-about-symptoms/

Where is monkeypox in Michigan? Here’s a map of cases and everything you should know about symptoms
CDC monitoring monkeypox outbreak in US

According to Michigan health officials, there are currently 19 confirmed cases in the state as of Wednesday.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is tracking these cases and is making information about them public.

Most cases are in Wayne County, with one case in the county and four in Detroit...

 

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Source: https://www.michiganradio.org/health/2022-08-03/62-confirmed-cases-of-monkeypox-in-michigan

62 confirmed cases of monkeypox in Michigan
Michigan Radio | By Sophia Kalakailo
Published August 3, 2022 at 10:30 AM EDT


The state confirmed 62 cases of monkeypox in Michigan as of Wednesday.

That’s seven more than Tuesday and 25 cases more than Friday’s 37 cases.

“This is not real time data…” said Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian, Michigan’s Chief Medical Executive on Tuesday. “These numbers are updating all the time. So it could be higher than that now but we are expecting to see the numbers of cases of MPV in Michigan go up, as they are going up around the country and of course, around the world.”...