How dangerous is the virus?

Munich monkeypox patient isolated

Created: 05/23/2022, 08:19

The Munich monkeypox patient is treated in the Schwabing hospital.

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Sigh of relief in Munich: The monkeypox patient (26) from Brazil, who is in the Schwabing hospital, suffers from the milder West African variant.

But: In the meantime, two more German cases have been diagnosed in Berlin.

Munich – More than 100 cases outside of Africa have already been confirmed.

Britain is reporting new cases every day.

How dangerous is the virus?

Monkeypox: Patients are considered contagious for three to four weeks

"We don't have to fear a new pandemic," says the virologist Gerd Sutter from the Ludwig Maximilian University in an interview.

This is partly due to the lower risk of infection – compared to Corona.

According to Clemens Wendtner, head of infectiology at the Schwabing hospital, monkeypox is transmitted via the classic smear infection, for example through direct contact with bodily fluids.

Belgium has now become the first country to introduce the monkeypox quarantine - for 21 days!

Patients are considered contagious for about three to four weeks.

The monkeypox pathogen is classified in risk group three.

"This is the second highest security level," says infectiologist Wendtner.

According to experts, severe courses are rare in healthy patients.

But, according to Wendtner, caution should be exercised in patients with a weak immune system.

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Munich: Contact persons of the Munich patient were found

Munich's health officer Beatrix Zurek reported yesterday when asked by tz that the contact persons of the Munich patient had been found and that they were now in quarantine.

“You are currently doing well.” So far, no special staff has been set up for this virus.

“There is no reason for that.

We monitor every infectious disease 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

There is no need to panic.”

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Clemens Wendtner: "The remedy is on the way to Schwabing - for other cases that cannot be ruled out." Meanwhile, Health Minister Klaus Holetschek (CSU) also emphasized: "We have to inform the public about the virus, provide a vaccine and medication." nba