The principal of the school and health care notified the family of a diagnosed case of monkeypox in an “adult member” of the Boston Public School District community. Officials said the damaged school building was cleaned over the weekend. The data sent to families and provided to NewsCenter 5 did not specify the schools where those affected worked, nor their job titles. The school district observes, “If you don’t get individual calls or specific school contacts, your school community won’t be affected.” “There was a case identified in an adult in one of our schools and contacts were traced. There is limited exposure and all those in need of resources and vaccinations are contacted and this is provided with great caution, “Mayor Michael Wu said Monday morning. Statement:” The health and well-being of our students and the personnel is our top priority. “” We abide by guidelines provided by local, state and federal health officials and actively work with our partners at the Boston Public Health Commission.. We remain firmly committed to transparency and take all necessary precautions. ” Although the virus does not spread easily among people, people can spread the infection once symptoms appear.Transmission occurs through direct contact with body fluids and monkeypox ulcers, touching fluid-contaminated objects. or wounds (clothing, bedding, etc.), or less frequently, through respiratory droplets after prolonged contact face to face. Monkeypox infection can include fever, headache, sore throat, and swollen lymph nodes, but the rash may be the first symptom. The lesions in the rash begin to expand, enlarge, fill with clear fluid (blisters), and then turn into blisters (filled with pus). . thinking they may have monkeypox should isolate them, but if he needs to leave his home, he should wear a mask and cover any rashes or sores when around other people Those living with or caring for someone who might have monkeypox should wear disposable masks and gloves if necessary Direct contact with parasites and when handling clothing or bedding if the person is unable to do this on their own. They should also wash their hands regularly, especially after touching an infected person or their clothing, bedding, towels, and other objects or surfaces they have touched. A full statement has been sent to the BPS family: Dear BPS family, the health and well-being of our students and staff is our top priority. With that in mind, we would like to share with you the important update that the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) notified us that an adult member of our BPS community has been diagnosed with monkeypox. To identify and notify exposed persons. We have also partnered with the affected school community to share this information, if you do not receive a specific individual call or school contact, your school community will not be affected. We share this information in accordance with our commitment to transparency and educational awareness, in general, the risk of transmitting monkeypox to the community remains very low and, although difficult to overcome, especially after the last few years of schooling, you we want to know that we are here for you. Please be assured that we are doing our best to ensure the health and safety of all of our schools, you can find more information on monkeypox on the Boston City website, and as recommended by the BPHC, infected people will stay at home ( isolated) until safe to be with other people. BPHC will vaccinate those we have identified as exposed contacts. Exposed contacts can resume their normal activities as long as they do not show symptoms consistent with monkeypox. This weekend we cleaned and disinfected the entire affected school building as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). I updated it. We thank you for your continued cooperation in making all of our schools healthy, safe and welcoming places for all our students and staff.
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The principal of the school and health care notified the family of a diagnosed case of monkeypox in an “adult member” of the Boston Public School District community.
Officials said the damaged school building was cleaned over the weekend. The data sent to families and provided to NewsCenter 5 did not specify the schools where those affected worked, nor their job titles.
The school district observes, “If you don’t get individual calls or specific school contacts, your school community won’t be affected.”
Officials said the infected person would be isolated until it was safe for him to return to public places.
“There was a case identified in an adult in one of our schools and contacts were traced. There is limited exposure and all those in need of resources and vaccinations are contacted and this comes with great caution, “Mayor Michael Wu said Monday morning.
“The health and well-being of our students and staff is our top priority,” the school district said in a statement. “We follow guidelines provided by local, state and federal health officials and actively work with our partners at the Boston Public Health Commission. We remain deeply committed to transparency and are taking all necessary precautions. “
Although the virus doesn’t spread easily between people, people can spread the infection as soon as they develop symptoms. Transmission occurs through direct contact with body fluids and monkeypox ulcers, touching liquid-contaminated objects or wounds (clothing, bedding, etc.), or, less often, through respiratory droplets after prolonged face-to-face contact. face.
Early symptoms of monkeypox can include fever, headache, sore throat, and swollen lymph nodes, but a rash may be the first symptom. The skin lesions begin to stretch, increase, fill with clear fluid (blisters), and then turn into blisters (filled with pus). A person with monkeypox can have many injuries or may have only a few.
Anyone who thinks they have monkeypox should isolate them, but if they have to leave their home, they should wear a mask and cover up any rashes or sores when they are around other people.
Those living with or caring for someone who may have monkeypox should wear disposable masks and gloves if they require direct contact with the parasite and when handling clothing or bedding if the person is unable to do so. alone. They should also wash their hands regularly, especially after touching an infected person or their clothing, bedding, towels, and other objects or surfaces they have touched.
The complete press release was sent to the BPS family:
Dear BPS family,
The health and well-being of our students and staff is a top priority. With that in mind, we would like to share with you the important update that the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) notified us that an adult member of our BPS community has been diagnosed with monkeypox.
We work with BPHC and interested persons to identify and notify exposed persons. We have also worked with the relevant school community to share this information.
If you don’t get individual calls or specific school contacts, your school community won’t be affected. We share this information in accordance with our commitment to education transparency and awareness.
In general, the risk of transmitting monkeypox to the community is still very low.
While this can be difficult to overcome, especially after the final school years, we want you to know that we are here for you. Please be assured that we do our best to ensure the health and safety of all our schools.
You can find more information on monkeypox on the Boston City website.
According to the recommendations of the BPHC, infected people will remain at home (isolated) until it is safe to be with other people. BPHC will vaccinate those we have identified as exposed contacts. Exposed contacts can resume their normal activities as long as they do not show symptoms consistent with monkeypox.
This weekend we cleaned and disinfected the entire affected school building as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
We will keep you updated on the latest developments. We thank you for your continued cooperation in making all of our schools healthy, safe and welcoming places for all our students and staff.
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