Six other possible cases are also being investigated on US soil after a Massachusetts man became the first confirmed case this week.
US officials are rushing to buy 13 million doses of Monkeypox vaccines after the first case of the rare infection was confirmed on US soil and a new possible case has been detected in New York.
The move comes as the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene confirmed it is investigating a possible Monkeypox case in the Big Apple.
The patient, who is showing some symptoms of the virus, is being treated and held in isolation at Bellevue Hospital in the heart of Manhattan.
While Monkeypox is less contagious than Covid-19 and an effective vaccine is already available, the World Health Organization has started holding daily emergency meetings on the infection as cases continue to spread across the globe.
In the US, the CDC is urging the public not to panic while the agency is investigating at least six other possible cases of the infection.
This comes after a Massachusetts man became the first confirmed case on US soil this year.
The patient is in a good condition in Massachusetts General Hospital.
The entrance to Massachusetts General Hospital where the first confirmed US patient is being treated for monkeypox.
It was 2003 when the first ever case of human Monkeypox was detected on US soil – and the first ever confirmed outside of Africa – when the nation witnessed an outbreak across six states.
The latest case in the US comes as cases have sprung up across several countries that don’t normally report Monkeypox since the start of May.
Experts are currently exploring a possible spread through sex after recent confirmed cases include men who said they had had sex with other men.
The entrance to Massachusetts General Hospital where the first confirmed US patient is being treated for Monkeypox
The entrance to Massachusetts General Hospital where the first confirmed US patient is being treated for monkeypox
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