First Local Transmission of Monkeypox Confirmed in New South Wales

Mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virions (L), and spherical immature virions (R), obtained from a sample of human skin associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Russell Regner/CDC via AP

The Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) has recorded its first locally transmitted case of monkeypox, the state’s Health Department confirmed on August 21.

Around 42 people have been found to have contracted monkeypox in NSW so far, most of them from overseas sources and two in other states.