If it is suspected that someone is carrying the monkeypox virus, this must be reported. Minister Ernst Kuipers (Public Health) wrote this in a letter to the House of Representatives on Saturday. Worldwide, the World Health Organization WHO registered eighty infections on Saturday.
“In this way we keep a good overview of the spread and we can take action quickly enough”, Kuipers explains the reporting obligation. On Saturday, the second case of the monkeypox virus in the Netherlands was confirmed by RIVM.
The monkeypox virus has been classified as an A disease on the advice of the RIVM. This means that infections or suspicions thereof must be reported immediately.
The second positive test result came in on Saturday, after someone also turned out to have the virus on Friday. RIVM does not provide information about either patient.
The WHO has registered 80 cases of monkeypox virus in at least 12 countries, the report said BBC† The organization is still investigating fifty possible infections.