Health & Fitness
Presumptive Monkeypox Case In CO: Officials Await CDC Confirmation
The state's first presumptive case of monkeypox has been detected, health officials said.
(CBS4)– The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Public Health has confirmed a presumptive monkeypox case and is awaiting CDC confirmation. That person, a young adult male who sought care in the Denver metro area, had recently traveled to Canada where there is an outbreak of monkeypox.
The person is cooperating with state and local public health epidemiologists and isolating at home. Public health officials say his condition is improving and are notifying people who may have been exposed.
