The Jalisco Health Secretariat (SSJ) reported that at the cutoff this Friday, five new cases of monkeypox were confirmed in the State, to give a cumulative of 18 infections from June 7 to date.
The samples were confirmed as positive after being sent to the "Dr. Manuel Martínez Báez" Institute of Epidemiological Diagnosis and Reference (InDRE).
SSJ explained that eight of the cases are still active and the rest have already completed their period of isolation. However, 57 people are being monitored for the disease due to possible contact.
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