A resident from Long Beach, California, has been confirmed as the first locally acquired U.S. case of clade 1 mpox (previously known as monkeypox), the Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services said in a statement on Oct. 14.
This is the “seventh case nationally and the first without known travel,” the department said.
“The person required hospitalization and is now isolating and recovering at home.”
“The risk to the public remains low and the Health Department is conducting a thorough public health investigation, including a review of the person’s potential sources of exposure, such as social and travel history, and is implementing contact tracing procedures,” the department added….