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A case of the monkeypox virus has been confirmed in a Dallas County resident on Friday.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Texas Department of State Health Services say the person travelled from Nigeria to Dallas through Atlanta on July 8 and 9. The patient has been hospitalized in Dallas and is in stable condition. Airline passengers and others who had direct contact with the patient have been informed.
DCHHS reports the first case of Monkeypox.
“We have been working closely with the CDC & DSHS & have conducted interviews with the patient & close contacts that were exposed,” said Dr. Philip Huang. “We have determined that there is very little risk to the general public.” pic.twitter.com/L9ziOpP6U9 Dallas County HHS (@DCHHS) July 16, 2021
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A Texas resident who recently traveled from Africa has been hospitalized after catching what the Texas Department of State Health Services believes is the first case of monkeypox in the state, a diagnosis that comes 18 years after the nation s last outbreak of the rare disease.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other heath officials are working to trace the person s contacts to help prevent another outbreak of the illness. But health officials say the risk to the public is low, especially because COVID-19 precautions on the person s flights likely kept the virus from spreading.
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Updated: 19:52 ET, Jul 16 2021
THE first confirmed case of monkeypox virus in the US in two decades was detected after a Dallas resident returned from a trip to Nigeria this week.
The unidentified person landed in Atlanta on July 8 and then reached Dallas Love Field Airport the following day.
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An American tested positive for the rare and incurable disease monkeypox after flying to Dallas from a trip to NigeriaCredit: Alamy
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Health officials are calling for calm stating there is no immediate threat to the general publicCredit: Getty
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Updated at 6:30 p.m.: Revised to include comments from Dr. Philip Huang, Dallas County’s public health director.
A Dallas resident has been diagnosed with monkeypox, the first case of the virus ever reported in a human in Texas, officials said Friday. But they stressed that the risk posed to the general public was very low.
The patient flew to Dallas Love Field from Atlanta on July 9 after arriving in the country earlier that day on a flight from Lagos, Nigeria, officials said.