The New York State Department of Health announced there is a probable case of Monkeypox in New York City. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is doing tests to confirm the case. 

Monkeypox is a virus that causes an illness with fever, swollen lymph nodes and a blistery rash that appears after a person has been sick for several days. 

Monkeypox is rare, but can spread through close contact with an infected person’s body fluids or by being very close to someone and breathing in respiratory droplets.

Masks can protect against Monkeypox, as well as other viruses circulating in New York City, such as COVID-19. The Health Department continues to recommend masks in public indoor settings. As a precaution, any New Yorkers who experience flu-like illness with swelling of the lymph nodes and rashes on the face and body should contact their health care provider.

Call 311 for assistance by phone.