Public Health Sudbury & Districts (PHSD) says the person likely acquired the infection in the Toronto area and is currently in isolation. Officials say close contacts have been identified. “At this time, the risk to the general population remains low as we have not detected the virus circulating in Sudbury and the regions and it does not spread easily,” says Dr Penny Sutcliffe, Medical Health Officer. “Residents should not have to worry about their daily activities.” Public Health continues to monitor the situation closely. Dr Sutcliffe says that anyone, regardless of sexual orientation, age or gender, can spread monkeypox through contact with body fluids, monkeypox sores or sharing contaminated items. PHSD says monkeypox is a rare disease that is not common in North America and is spread through close contact with an infected person or their clothing or linens. They say it can enter the body through skin-to-skin contact with body fluids (for example, saliva, lesions, blisters or rashes) and through mucous membranes or respiratory droplets during prolonged face-to-face contact (for example, breathing, talking and cough).
