New South Wales detected its first locally acquired infection of monkeypox on Sunday bringing the state's total caseload to 42.
NSW Health confirmed three additional monkeypox infections on Sunday bringing the total caseload across the state to 42.
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Monkeypox - which was last month declared a Communicable Disease Incident of National Significance by Australian authorities - causes a distinctive bumpy rash, skin lesions and flu-like symptoms such as fever and body aches. In this Centers for Disease Control and Prevention handout graphic, symptoms of one of the first known cases of the monkeypox virus are shown on a patient. Photo Courtesy of CDC/Getty Images.
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