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Three children in Dallas County test positive for monkeypox
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Sep 8, 2022, 1:35:06 AM9/8/22
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DALLAS COUNTY (CBSDFW.COM) - Three children have tested positive for
monkeypox in Dallas County.
It comes on the heels of the state's announcement on Tuesday that an adult
in Harris County who had been diagnosed with monkeypox died.
The adult who died had a severely compromised immune system based on other
health issues, so it's unclear at this point if monkeypox even played a
role.
The increase in cases among kids here locally has health officials urging
high-risk adults to be careful around them.
Dallas County now has 32,000 doses of the monkeypox vaccine available to
combat the outbreak that has now spread to children.
Health officials won't reveal the ages of the three cases among the
juvenile patients other than they are under the age of 18.
The health department said it shows that the disease can be contracted
through non-sexual contact.
"That's why we ask adults to be very careful around children if you have
any symptoms or monkeypox," said Christian Grisales with Dallas County
Health and Human Services. "What you need to do immediately is to isolate,
get tested and if you get qualify for the vaccinated immediately."
DCHHS said it has no plans to widen the criteria for the vaccine which
remains available only to certain categories of men who engage in sex with
other men.
"Should you keep your kids home from school? No. Monkeypox is very rarely
a fatal disease," said Dr. James Pinckney.
Pinckney, founder and CEO of Diamond Health, said the few cases among
children should not be considered a serious concern.
But he said it does mean encouraging good hygiene and close monitoring for
symptoms.
"I think what we should do is continue to be cautious, monkeypox has
spread to individuals that typically aren't contracting disease," Pinckney
said. "When the outbreak first started, it was caused by sexual contact
and now we're seeing more and more cases where people have come in direct
contact with monkeypox or someone infected with monkeypox and it is
spreading in a different manner."
Dallas County currently has 526 confirmed cases, only five of those women.
That's nearly 100 more cases than this time last week but health officials
believe the numbers show that the spread is slowing.
https://www.cbsnews.com/dfw/news/three-children-in-dallas-county-test-
positive-for-monkeypox/
monkeypox in Dallas County.
It comes on the heels of the state's announcement on Tuesday that an adult
in Harris County who had been diagnosed with monkeypox died.
The adult who died had a severely compromised immune system based on other
health issues, so it's unclear at this point if monkeypox even played a
role.
The increase in cases among kids here locally has health officials urging
high-risk adults to be careful around them.
Dallas County now has 32,000 doses of the monkeypox vaccine available to
combat the outbreak that has now spread to children.
Health officials won't reveal the ages of the three cases among the
juvenile patients other than they are under the age of 18.
The health department said it shows that the disease can be contracted
through non-sexual contact.
"That's why we ask adults to be very careful around children if you have
any symptoms or monkeypox," said Christian Grisales with Dallas County
Health and Human Services. "What you need to do immediately is to isolate,
get tested and if you get qualify for the vaccinated immediately."
DCHHS said it has no plans to widen the criteria for the vaccine which
remains available only to certain categories of men who engage in sex with
other men.
"Should you keep your kids home from school? No. Monkeypox is very rarely
a fatal disease," said Dr. James Pinckney.
Pinckney, founder and CEO of Diamond Health, said the few cases among
children should not be considered a serious concern.
But he said it does mean encouraging good hygiene and close monitoring for
symptoms.
"I think what we should do is continue to be cautious, monkeypox has
spread to individuals that typically aren't contracting disease," Pinckney
said. "When the outbreak first started, it was caused by sexual contact
and now we're seeing more and more cases where people have come in direct
contact with monkeypox or someone infected with monkeypox and it is
spreading in a different manner."
Dallas County currently has 526 confirmed cases, only five of those women.
That's nearly 100 more cases than this time last week but health officials
believe the numbers show that the spread is slowing.
https://www.cbsnews.com/dfw/news/three-children-in-dallas-county-test-
positive-for-monkeypox/
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