LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County on Thursday announced its first suspected case of monkeypox while stressing the health risks of the disease are still low.
“The patient is an adult resident who recently traveled and had a known close contact to a case. Although the patient is symptomatic, they are doing well and not hospitalized. They are isolated from others,” county health officials said in a statement. “Public Health is continuing to investigate and conduct contact tracing and post-exposure prevention for close contacts.”
California marked its first suspected case last week, in a person in Sacramento County. The person, who recently traveled to Europe, is isolating at home and isn’t in contact with other people, officials said at the time. The case was later confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Since then, two close contacts of the original patient have contracted the disease.
