New Jersey has 45 probable and confirmed cases of monkeypox according to the Department of Health. That number has been steadily rising every week. And while the virus is rare and not nearly as contagious as COVID-19, health experts say there’s still reason for concern. The dean of Rutgers School of Public Health says there’s plenty to be learned from the coronavirus response that could help the state contain the monkeypox outbreak. Dr. Perry Halkitis joins NJ Spotlight News to explain.
Monkeypox outbreak: Creating awareness and combatting the growing stigma
Interview with Dr. Perry Halkitis, dean of the School of Public Health at Rutgers University
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An Emmy award-winning journalist, Briana Vannozzi serves as the anchor for NJ Spotlight News, the newsroom of NJ PBS. She's worked in several capacities since joining the news division in 2012, as interim anchor and senior correspondent after years of general assignment reporting as a multimedia journalist. Vannozzi began her television journalism career by cutting her teeth on New Jersey State House politics for New Jersey Network News, and later as a news radio correspondent at FM News 101.9 covering crime and politics in New York City. Her work has taken her to national presidential nominating conventions, Capitol Hill, up and down the East Coast and every corner of the Garden State. She's interviewed every New Jersey governor dating back to Jon Corzine and moderated numerous political debates and forums. Her work has also earned awards from the New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists and the Philadelphia Press Association. A Burlington County native, she's honored to be serving and covering her home state and raising her family there.