Sioux City, Iowa — Public Health officials in northwest Iowa released an update on monkeypox Wednesday, August 3rd, following the discovery of a case there on July 25th. The deputy director of Siouxland District Health, Tyler Brock, says there have been no new cases of monkeypox confirmed, and there is no concern about spread.
Those who are infected with monkeypox will have swollen lymph nodes and a rash.
Brock says the vaccine developed for smallpox is used for monkeypox, and there is some question about its effectiveness. He says most of the cases are being spread by one population group in particular.
The northwest Iowa case is one of ten confirmed cases overall in Iowa. There are also seven cases confirmed in the central Iowa region, and one each in the northeast and east regions of the state. In the states surrounding Iowa, South Dakota has one case, Nebraska and Missouri each have ten cases, Minnesota has 38, Wisconsin 19, and Illinois has 533.
