Belgium becomes first country to make quarantine compulsory for monkeypox patients

Belgium becomes first country to make quarantine compulsory for monkeypox patients

• Belgium has become the first country to make a 21-day quarantine compulsory for monkeypox patients after four cases of the disease were reported last week. Taking to Twitter, the microbiologist Emmanuel Andre, who is in charge of the National Reference Lab for COVID-19 in Belgium, said that the fourth case has been confirmed in the country.
• Monkeypox is a disease in the same family as smallpox and symptoms include a distinct bumpy rash, a fever, sore muscles, and a headache. Monkeypox is less deadly than smallpox, with a mortality rate below four percent, but experts are worried about the unusual spread of the disease beyond Africa where it usually circulates.

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Published date : 23 May 2022 06:02PM