Health officials in the US have detected the country’s first case of the monkeypox virus since similar reports emerged from several European nations.
Confirmed or suspected cases of the virus — which is usually found in parts of west and central Africa and does not spread easily among humans — have now been reported in at least five countries worldwide, since the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) discovered the first British case in early May.
Officials in the US state of Massachusetts said on Wednesday that they were “working closely” with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and local health boards to identify close contacts of the infected individual, who was confirmed to be an adult male with travel links to Canada.
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