Monkeypox contacts advised to isolate for 21 days

Monkeypox contacts advised to isolate for 21 days Anyone at the highest risk of having caught monkeypox should isolate for 21 days, official guidance says.

The advice, from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), applies to anyone who has had direct or household contact with a confirmed case.

Contacts are advised to provide their details for contact tracing, forgo travel, and avoid contact with immunosuppressed people, pregnant women, and children under 12. BBC News

See also:

• Guidance: Monkeypox UK Health Security Agency
• Monkeypox: Time to worry or one to ignore? BBC News
• World faces big challenges over Covid, monkeypox and wars - WHO BBC News
• Monkeypox: Doctors concerned over impact on sexual health BBC News
• Monkeypox: 80 cases confirmed in 11 countries, says WHO BBC News
• Monkeypox: Israel and Switzerland confirm cases BBC News
• WHO convenes emergency monkeypox meeting amid growing fears about international outbreak The Daily Mail
• Monkeypox could significantly disrupt UK sexual health services, expert says The Guardian
• Minister Addresses Ongoing Monkeypox Worries: 'Cautious, Not Concerned' Huffington Post UK
• Monkeypox: Scientists ‘stunned’ by spread of virus in Europe and North America The Independent
• New monkeypox cases being detected ‘every day’ as UK outbreak spreads The Independent