The first country to quarantine people with monkeypox

Belgium now requires isolation of people with monkeypox afp/Getty

Newspaper Politico On May 22, it was reported that Belgian health authorities announced the decision over the weekend.

Monkeypox is similar to human smallpox (the disease has since been eradicated in world in 1980), and is easily mistaken for chickenpox. Initial symptoms include fever, headache, muscle aches, back pain, blisters, chills, and exhaustion. Pimples usually appear on the face before spreading to other parts of the body.

Monkeypox is not as deadly as smallpox, but experts are voicing concern about the disease’s out-of-range spread, often concentrated in Africa.

On Twitter, microbiologist Emmanuel Andre, manager of the national laboratory for Covid-19 In Belgium, on May 21, the country reported the fourth case of monkeypox.

“This patient is being treated in Wallonia and is related to the event in Antwerp, where two others were also infected earlier,” said Andre, referring to the gay festival taking place in the Belgian port city. on 8.5.

As of May 21, the World Health Organization (WHO) received reports that there have been 92 cases of monkeypox and 28 suspected cases in countries where the disease rarely occurs, according to the BBC.

On May 7, the UK confirmed its first case of monkeypox this year, in a patient who had just returned to Nigeria. On May 18, the US recorded the first case of the year in Massachusetts.

In recent weeks, cases have been detected in the UK, France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, respectively. Portugal, Sweden, as well as the US, Canada and Austria. These are signs that the monkeypox virus may be spreading.