Bassetti: “Monkey pox, a few thousand cases in Europe in the coming months. Let’s avoid the mistakes of the past “

Genoa – “More than Covid, today we must try to protect ourselves from monkeypox. It is much lighter than that of humans in terms of symptoms, it is also transmitted through breath, but only if you are very close. Past mistakes should not be made. We must all be united among European countries, exchanging information and monitoring any outbreaks. In the next few days we will reach a few thousand cases “in Europe. Thus on Rai Radio1, guest of ‘Un Giorno da pecora’, Matteo Bassetti, director of the Infectious Diseases Clinic of the San Martino hospital in Genoa, underlining that” those who do not have vaccination against smallpox is not covered ”.