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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sheila Flynn

Children at Illinois day care may have been exposed to monkeypox, officials confirm worker tested positive

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An Illinois daycare worker has tested positive for monkeypox, prompting officials to fast-track vaccines for exposed children and other employees, the state’s department of health said Friday.

No further details were released about the worker in the Rantoul area, about an hour and a half northeast of Springfield, but the adult was said to be doing well and in isolation.

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