Los Angeles healthcare worker contracts monkeypox

The Los Angeles Department of Public Health says that one health care worker in the county has contracted the monkeypox virus. Rita Singhal, Director, Disease Control Bureau  said "What I can say is what I know from discussions with CDC is that there are about eight health care workers worldwide that have been noted to have monkeypox due to workplace exposure. There have been a portion of those that are due to needle stick injury, not all of them. And I can say locally for us here, it was not directly a needle stick injury, but it was an exposure at the worksite."

Los Angeles confirms first death from Monkeypox Disease on September 13. But, U.S. cases continue to drop.