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County Launches Monkeypox Webpage

In response to monkeypox cases increasing around the nation, the County of Santa Barbara has launched a new webpage to provide information about the disease, its prevalence in the County and opportunities to learn more or get vaccinated. Currently the total confirmed number of cases in SB County is five. Symptoms of the virus include fever, headache, muscle aches and backache, respiratory symptoms and a rash that can look like pimples or blisters. Learn more at the new website in English at https://www.countyofsb.org/3404/Monkeypox or in Spanish at https://www.countyofsb.org/3414/Monkeypox-Espanol.