Monkey pox emergency in US: Illinois daycare worker tests positive

Childcare provider in Illinois tests positive for monkeypox

When a childcare provider in Illinois tests positive for monkeypox, the children and other workers may have been exposed.

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The positive case at a daycare in Rantoul, Illinois, was the third case in Champaign County

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BIDEN ADMINISTRATION DECLARES MONKEYPOX A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY

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Over 6,600 Americans have contracted the extremely rare illness monkeypox.

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It can cause fever, body aches, chills, fatigue and pimple-like bumps on many parts of the body and is spread through prolonged skin-to-skin contact.

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