{"id":8370,"date":"2024-12-18T10:35:47","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T16:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/?p=8370"},"modified":"2024-12-18T10:35:50","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T16:35:50","slug":"mpox-german-school-temporarily-closed-after-case-reported","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/2024\/12\/18\/mpox-german-school-temporarily-closed-after-case-reported\/","title":{"rendered":"Mpox: German school temporarily closed after case reported"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/mpox-german-school-temporarily-closed-after-case-reported\/a-71073359\">DW<\/a> Contacts have been informed after several members of a family were found to have contracted mpox. Two school-age children are among those infected. A school in the western&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany\/t-17871182\">German<\/a>&nbsp;state of North Rhine-Westphalia was closed as a precaution on Monday after two children were found to be infected with the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/mpox\/t-61927677\">mpox<\/a>&nbsp;virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The mpox clade 1b variant was found to be present in four members of a local family. They&nbsp;have been placed in quarantine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two children attend school for children with special needs in the town of R\u00f6srath, not far from the city of Cologne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the infection report, the school was closed and lessons will be carried out online until Friday, authorities said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The pupils of a special school in R\u00f6srath will be taught via distance learning from now until Friday inclusive,&#8221; a&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rbk-direkt.de\/news\/56652\/vorsichtsmassnahme-schule-in-roesrath-bis-zu-den-ferien-im-distanzunterricht\">statement said<\/a>, after talks with Germany&#8217;s disease control and prevention agency, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;After intensive discussions with the RKI and other specialist institutions, the health department and the school management have decided to take this preventive measure with a view to protecting the student body in particular.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/mpox-german-school-temporarily-closed-after-case-reported\/a-71073359\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DW Contacts have been informed after several members of a family were found to have contracted mpox. Two school-age children are among those infected. A school in the western&nbsp;German&nbsp;state of North Rhine-Westphalia was closed as a precaution on Monday after two children were found to be infected with the&nbsp;mpox&nbsp;virus. 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