Germany, France and Belgium confirmed their first cases of monkeypox Friday, joining a growing list of countries where cases of the rare viral illness have popped up outside of the disease’s typical territory in recent days.
Monkey pox, a sometimes-serious illness that can be passed to animals and humans, is usually found in Central and West Africa. But the virus has now been seen in the United States, Canada and Australia, and health authorities in Europe have confirmed more than a dozen cases this month and are investigating dozens more.The first case in Germany was registered in Bavaria on Thursday, according to the Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, a military research facility of the German Armed Forces.
German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said Friday it was only a “matter of time” before monkey pox made its way to the country, according to the state broadcaster. Lauterbach said he was confident that an outbreak could be contained on a virus that does not appear to transmit easily if authorities act quickly.
In Belgium, officials at the Universitair Ziekenhuis Leuven hospital said they had confirmed two cases of monkey pox in the country with whole-genome sequencing.
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