New Monkeypox case is confirmed in Boston public school as parents told ‘entire school building has been disinfected’
AN adult member of the Boston public schools community has been diagnosed with monkeypox, according to officials.
Health and school officials have notified families about the diagnosis and said the impacted building was disinfected over the weekend.
The affected school has not been identified and neither has the job title of the infected adult, WCVB reported.
"If you did not receive an individual call or a specific school communication, your school community is not impacted," said the district.
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said: "There was one case identified in an adult at one of our schools and the contact tracing has been done."
"There's been a limited exposure and everyone who has needed to have resources and vaccinations are being contacted and that is being made available out of an abundance of caution."
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The affected individual will isolate until it's safe to return to being in public, officials said.
Boston's first case of Monkeypox was discovered in May, and it was reportedly the premiere case of the US outbreak, according to NBC Boston.
"Anyone can get or spread Monkeypox," the Boston Public Health Commission said.
They also highlighted that Monkeypox is spread through the following: touching, hugging, kissing, massaging, extended face-to-face contact with a person who carries the virus, and sexual contact.
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Pregnant woman are at risk of spreading the virus to their fetus.
Humans can also contract the virus from animals, both through scratches and bites as well as consuming the meat of an infected animal.
While just under 24,000 US cases have been documented by the Center for Disease Control, there has been only 1 death.
Worldwide, there has been over 61,000 cases during this outbreak.