Onondaga County reports first monkeypox case - syracuse.com

— Onondaga County reported its first monkeypox case today.

The Onondaga County resident who tested positive is in isolation and poses no risk to the public, the county health department announced.

The health department said it has finished conducting contact tracing and all of the infected person’s known contacts have been notified.

“It’s inevitable we will have other cases,” Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon said today at a news conference.

The individual who tested positive did not have to be hospitalized and is recovering well, said Stacey Fontana, a health department nurse practitioner.

The announcement of the first case came on the same day the county held its first monkeypox clinic.

The county received 600 doses of monkeypox vaccine.

McMahon said the county expects to get more of the vaccine, especially now that a county resident has tested positive.

The health department said people can avoid getting monkeypox by following these tips.