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Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo speaks during a press conference about growing Monkeypox infections Monday, July 25, 2022, at Houston TranStar headquarters in Houston. Hidalgo and Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner asked the federal government for additional vaccine doses due to rising, but still relatively small, numbers of cases. “We need more vaccine,” Turner said. He said they were watching growing caseloads in other major American cities.
“At IDEA Public Schools, the safety of our students and staff is a top priority,” according to a statement from the public charter school. “A case of monkeypox has recently been reported at IDEA Hardy and we are working closely with Harris County Public Health to identify and offer guidance to anyone who may have been exposed.
The virus can spread through prolonged face-to-face contact, intimate contact and or close contact with the infectious rash, scabs, or body fluids. Contact with items such as clothing or linens that previously touched the rash or body fluids is another way monkeypox spreads, according to the Houston Health Department.
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