Although at present there is no fear that the outbreak of monkey pox in the Western world will get out of control, in Belgium no risks are taken.
The European country became over the weekend the first to impose forced isolation on carriers of the virus, which is generally difficult to contract from unless in direct contact with wounds or body fluids.
Under the new policy, anyone found positive will be forced to shut down for 21 days and anyone exposed to it in the period from the moment they are likely to be infected will have to exercise extra caution, but will not have to go into preventative isolation.
Remember, this virus, which is usually unique to Africa, has recently broken out in dozens of countries around the world.
Although the Biden administration's health experts said it was an "alarming" phenomenon that needed prompt treatment, there are currently no indications that it is an epidemic pathway like in Corona, and in any case there is a well-known and successful treatment for the virus, whose symptoms include rash, fever and muscle aches.
In Belgium, the assessment among the authorities is that there is no fear of an outbreak, what is more, only four cases were identified as of last week.
In Israel, one case has so far been diagnosed.
The head of the public health services, Dr. Sharon Elrai Price, sent a reassuring message in her remarks yesterday and said that this is not the beginning of a new epidemic, as happened with the corona virus.
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