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Already at least six cases of monkey pox in Belgium: stricter measures for “very high-risk contacts”

New infections with the monkeypox virus continue to emerge worldwide. At the beginning of this week, the counter in our country stood at 4 infections, now the counter has risen to at least 6. In addition, there is also one probable case of which the result of the PCR test was not yet available.

Four of the patients became infected during Darklands, an international fetish festival that took place in Antwerp at the beginning of this month. In addition, someone was infected by his partner and someone else contracted the infection in Portugal, says Sciensano virologist Steven Van Gucht. The symptoms of all infected persons are quite mild.

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