LONG BEACH, Calif.—Long Beach reported its first presumptive case of monkeypox July 16.
The case concerns an adult Long Beach resident with no recent travel history or known contacts. The person is showing symptoms and isolating at home for recovery, city officials said.
The person tested positive in the initial test for orthopoxvirus, of which the monkeypox virus is a member, alongside the smallpox virus. Additional testing will be performed at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control to confirm monkeypox.
The city’s health department is conducting an extensive contact investigation and offering the vaccine to people who may have been exposed to prevent further spread….