can spread through the air but only through 'sustained' face-to-face contact with an infected person, the director of the revealed Friday as the national infection tally hit 49 cases and officials in say they fear the tropical disease is 'in our community'.In a briefing Friday Dr Rochelle Walensky, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said monkeypox was being passed on through physical contact with symptomatic patients and by touching their clothing and bedding.But attempting to clear up whether face masks are needed to avoid catching the rash-causing virus, the epidemiologist explained the rash-causing virus would not 'linger in the air' like Covid.
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