Health & Fitness

2 Fulton County Employees Test Positive For Monkeypox: Report

The Fulton County Board of Health is working on contract tracing for the two employees, who are isolating, according to 11 Alive.

ATLANTA, GA — Two Fulton County government employees have tested positive for monkeypox, according to a report from 11 Alive.

The county's Board of Health is working on contact tracing, and the employees are isolating under CDC guidelines, according to the report.

Monkeypox is primarily spread by close, skin-to-skin contact with an infected person.

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