Since mid-May, infections with the rare monkeypox virus have been appearing in Europe and America. And today the first infection in our country was also established. What is of great concern is that the virus is now spreading from person to person outside Africa. That has never been seen before. In addition, the rare disease is spreading like an oil slick. Barely six days (!) after the first report from the United Kingdom to the World Health Organization (WHO), six western countries have already been affected with a total of 32 confirmed cases and a further 69 suspected cases. What’s coming for us? We put nine questions to virologist Marc Van Ranst, intectiologist Isabel Brosius from the Institute of Tropical Medicine and the leading Dutch virologist Marion Koopmans.
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Are we facing a new health crisis? Experts answer 9 key questions about monkey pox outbreak
