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Oklahoma: 2022 Monkeypox

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Source: https://www.koco.com/article/oklahoma-first-probable-monkeypox-case/40253659

Oklahoma Health Dept. identifies state's first probable case of monkeypox
State health leaders said in a news release Friday that the department is working with the CDC to confirm the infection in a central Oklahoma resident
KOCO Updated: 10:06 AM CDT Jun 10, 2022

The Oklahoma State Department of Health announced that it identified the state's first probable case of monkeypox.

State health leaders said in a news release Friday that the department is working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to confirm the infection in a central Oklahoma resident. They said the person recently traveled internationally to a country with confirmed cases.

The news release says the person is in isolation. The Oklahoma State Department of Health is working to identify people possibly exposed....
 
OSDH Identifies First Probable Case of Monkeypox in Oklahoma

Friday, June 10, 2022

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma State Department of Health has identified its first probable case of monkeypox and is working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to confirm the infection in a central Oklahoma resident with recent international travel to a country with confirmed cases.

The individual is currently in isolation and OSDH officials are working to complete contact tracing to identify those who may have been exposed to the individual.

“As soon as we learned about the monkeypox outbreak in Europe our response team began working to coordinate areas within the agency to respond if a case was identified in Oklahoma,” said Jan Fox, Deputy Commissioner of Health Preparedness. “We are currently working through the case investigation and contact tracing. However, we do want to stress to Oklahomans that the general public is not at risk.”

While this virus is not easily transmissible, monkeypox can be transmitted to humans through direct, physical contact with an infected person or animal. It can also be transmitted from person to person through large respiratory droplets or through direct contact with body fluids and lesions, as well as bedding and other contaminated materials.

Symptoms of monkeypox may include fever, rash and swollen lymph nodes. An infected person will also present with firm, deep-seated, and well-circumscribed lesions.

OSDH is advising clinicians to have a heightened awareness if a suspicious rash, consistent with monkeypox, shows up on someone who has traveled to countries with recently confirmed cases of the virus, reported having contact with a person or people who have similar appearing rash or have received a positive test result for monkeypox.

More information about monkeypox is available on our website at https://oklahoma.gov/health/preventi...monkeypox.html.

The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) protects and improves public health through its system of local health services and strategies focused on preventing disease. OSDH provides technical support and guidance to 68 county health departments in Oklahoma, as well as guidance and consultation to the two independent city-county health departments in Oklahoma City and Tulsa. Learn more at Oklahoma.gov/health.

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Last Modified on Jun 10, 2022

https://oklahoma.gov/health/newsroo...t-probable-case-of-monkeypox-in-oklahoma.html
 
Source: https://www.koco.com/article/oklahoma-second-probable-monkeypox-case/40321781


Oklahoma Health Dept. identifies second probable case of monkeypox in state
This probable case has no connection or relation to the first case of monkeypox identified in Oklahoma the week of June 6
KOCO Updated: 11:34 AM CDT Jun 17, 2022

OKLAHOMA CITY —

The Oklahoma State Department of Health identified the state's second probable case of monkeypox.

Health department officials said in a news release that the second probable case was identified in a central Oklahoma resident with recent international travel to a country with confirmed cases. The person is in isolation, and the Oklahoma State Department of Health is investigating and conducting contact tracing.

This probable case has no connection or relation to the first case of monkeypox identified in Oklahoma the week of June 6, authorities said in the news release. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention later confirmed the initial monkeypox case...
 
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