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First case of monkeypox virus identified in Belgium
A first case of the new monkeypox virus has been identified in Belgium. Isabel Brosius, researcher at the Institute of Tropical Medicine, reports this to the VRT. According to Joris Moonens of the Care & Health agency, the partner also has symptoms, so there may also be a second case.
Yesterday at 22:59
Monkeypox is doing the rounds in Europe for the first time. The infectious disease, which kills 1 to 4 percent of patients, comes from Africa. A first infection has now also been confirmed in our country.
“It concerns someone who has reported complaints to us in Antwerp. Samples were taken and sent to a reference lab in the Netherlands and late today we received final confirmation that it concerns the monkeypox virus. The person in question is not very sick," said researcher Isabel Brosius. The person must be quarantined....
First case of monkeypox virus identified in Belgium
A first case of the new monkeypox virus has been identified in Belgium. Isabel Brosius, researcher at the Institute of Tropical Medicine, reports this to the VRT. According to Joris Moonens of the Care & Health agency, the partner also has symptoms, so there may also be a second case.
Yesterday at 22:59
Monkeypox is doing the rounds in Europe for the first time. The infectious disease, which kills 1 to 4 percent of patients, comes from Africa. A first infection has now also been confirmed in our country.
“It concerns someone who has reported complaints to us in Antwerp. Samples were taken and sent to a reference lab in the Netherlands and late today we received final confirmation that it concerns the monkeypox virus. The person in question is not very sick," said researcher Isabel Brosius. The person must be quarantined....
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