The second presumptive monkeypox case in Colorado is awaiting Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmation, according to a Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment news release.
Friday’s presumptive case is a close contact of the state’s first presumptive case, health officials said. “The person who acquired the virus was a close contact of a person known to public health as a presumptive case of monkeypox,” the CDPHE said.
Monkeypox often begins with a fever, headache, muscle aches, swollen lymph nodes, and exhaustion, the CDPHE said. A rash typically develops within one to three days after the onset of fever, often beginning on the face and spreading to other parts of the body. Health officials say that the monkeypox risk to the public remains low and that there is an effective vaccine available, that can be administered soon after exposure, to minimize the illness. It is rarely fatal.
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