Monkeypox has currently been diagnosed in 167 people in the Netherlands. According to the RIVM, it will still be 95 on Thursday. The increase is faster than in the previous update, where the number of cases increased by 15. According to the health institute, the long incubation period makes it difficult to determine exactly how quickly the disease is spreading. Some new cases had been infected for some time.
An expert consultation will take place at the RIVM this afternoon. Suggestions may come later this week. In the Netherlands, the virus mainly occurs in men who have sex with men. That’s how it goes in Germany. Earlier this month, the German Robert Koch Institute recommended preventive vaccination of high-risk groups.
The virus, which originates from Africa, appeared in the Netherlands last month. Some patients had attended the Darklands festival in Belgium. In all cases it involved men who had sex with men.
There is no reason to worry about monkey pox yet, experts told NOS at the time. “This is really a completely different story about corona,” says virologist Louis Kroes. “The monkeypox virus currently in Europe very rarely causes serious illness.” “It also does not spread as quickly as the corona,” says epidemiologist Patricia Bruijning. “Unlike Covid, transmission often requires close contact.”
Source: NOS
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