Public health officials in Washington announced that they’re investigating the state’s first presumptively positive case of monkeypox.
Dr. Jeff Duchin, Health Officer for Public Health – Seattle & King County, said in a statement Monday that the public and healthcare providers “should be aware of the growing international monkeypox outbreak.”
The person believed to be infected with monkeypox is isolating and poses no risk at this time, Duchin said. "At this time, we have no evidence that monkeypox is spreading locally, but if there are unrecognized cases, that is a possibility,” he added.Health experts have said the current international outbreak is not likely to cause a global pandemic like COVID did, but some officials are increasingly voicing concern and raising public awareness to the virus.
President Biden, in his first public remarks about the monkeypox outbreak, said Sunday said the recent
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