UK experts urge confirmed cases to avoid handling household pets as precautionary measure
Now experts have advised people who have been diagnosed with monkeypox“Based on current evidence, for pet rodents in households where there are infected people, temporary removal from the household for a limited quarantine period and testing to exclude infection is recommended, particularly where there are infected human contacts who have had close direct and prolonged contact with the animal or its bedding and/or litter,” guidance from a multi-agency group states.
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