BOSTON — Two more monkeypox cases have been confirmed in the Bay State, state health officials announced on Sunday.
Massachusetts last month reported the country’s first rare case of this year’s global monkeypox outbreak. There are now 49 confirmed monkeypox cases across the U.S., as the state Department of Public Health on Sunday confirmed two more local cases of monkeypox in two men who had close contact with one another.
Initial testing was completed late Saturday at the State Public Health Laboratory in Jamaica Plain. Confirmatory testing will be done at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
