25/05/2022
Belgium has become the first country to oblige travellers to stay self-isolated due to the *Monkeypox virus*🚨, affecting several countries worldwide,
According to the authorities in Brussels, persons will be required to isolate themselves until their sores subside, which is expected to happen for a period of three weeks.
In this regard, the country’s Risk Assessment Group (RAG)🚨, as well as health authorities, have said that people are required to follow 21 mandatory quarantine🕦 requirements🚨. They have urged all people who have symptoms to seek medical advice.
According to local media reports, there has been registered an outbreak in the country related to the gay fe**sh festival known as Darklands, where three persons tested positive.
Regarding the issue, organisers have said that “there’s reason to assume that the virus has been brought in by visitors from abroad to the festival after recent cases in other countries.”
Belgium’s government has warned that those infected would be required to avoid any physical and sexual contact while remaining self-isolated.
is a disease transmitted to humans from animals; while symptoms include a distinct bumpy rash, sore muscles, headache, and fever. According to authorities in Belgium, the disease is less deadly compared to smallpox, although it belongs to the same family as smallpox, with a mortality rate below 4 per cent; however, experts are concerned about the unusual spread of the disease.
