MADRID, SPAIN - JUNE 06: A reactive to test suspected monkeypox samples is seen inside a fridge at the microbiology laboratory of La Paz Hospital on June 06, 2022 in Madrid, Spain. Europe is at the centre of the monkeypox virus outbreak, the World Health Organisation reported 780 confirmed cases with Britain, Spain and Portugal reporting the largest numbers of patients. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)
You knew it would happen in time, Monkey Pox is getting closer to where we live here in Florida. Well, this time Pinellas health officials say they have first confirmed Monkey Pox case. We’re up to 22 cases in Florida.
News Channel 8 writes “According to FDOH, “Monkey Pox typically begins with flu-like symptoms (fever, chills, headache, tiredness, muscle ache)] and swelling of the lymph nodes and progresses to a rash on the face and body“