The Pima County Health Department and Arizona Department of Health Services have identified the state’s first probable monkeypox case beyond the Phoenix area.
To date, all other cases in the state have been in Maricopa County.
The case still needs to be confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). The Health Department believes risk is low to the general population and asks the community to keep the following in mind:
- Early symptoms of infection with monkeypox are flu-like, including fever, chills, headache, muscle aches, exhaustion, and swollen lymph nodes...