An adult at an Illinois day care center has tested positive for monkeypox, and a number of children may have been exposed to the virus, health officials in Illinois announced on Friday.
At this time, officials did not disclose the number of children that may have been exposed to the virus.
"All available state, local and federal resources are being deployed to assist families," state officials said during a press conference on Friday afternoon.
However, health officials have repeatedly stressed that the virus does not discriminate, and anyone exposed to monkeypox can contract the virus.
have now positive for monkeypox, according to state and local officials from across the country.