Sudbury County has its first confirmed case of monkeypox.
Public Health Sudbury & Districts (PHSD) says the person likely contracted the infection in the Toronto area and is currently in isolation.
Authorities say close contacts have been identified.
“Currently the risk to the general population remains low as we have not detected the virus circulating in Sudbury and the areas and it does not spread easily,” said Dr. Penny Sutcliffe, medical officer of health. “Residents should not have to worry about going about their routine daily activities.”
Public Health continues to monitor the situation closely.
Dr Sutcliffe says anyone, regardless of sexual orientation, age or gender, can spread monkeypox through contact with body fluids, monkeypox sores or by sharing contaminated objects.
PHSD says monkeypox is a rare disease not common to North America and is spread through close contact with a person infected with the virus or through their clothing or underwear.
They say it can enter the body through skin-to-skin contact with bodily fluids (for example, saliva, lesions, blisters or rashes) and through mucous membranes or respiratory droplets during prolonged face-to-face contact (for example, breathing, talking and coughing).
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