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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Tuesday that it had removed the recommendation for a mask from its notice of travel with monkeypox to avoid “confusion” about the disease, which is spread mainly through direct contact.
“Late yesterday, the CDC removed the mask recommendation from the monkey measles health notice because it caused confusion,” a CDC spokesman said on Tuesday.
The agency had previously suggested passengers wear masks, as this could help prevent “many diseases, including monkeypox.”
According to the CDC website, while the disease is spread mainly through direct contact with infectious wounds, scabs or body fluids, “it can also be spread through respiratory secretions during prolonged face-to-face contact.”
Outbreaks of the virus have been reported in about 30 countries where smallpox is not endemic, with more than 911 confirmed or suspected cases, mostly in Europe. (Report by Mrinalika Roy, Leroy Leo in Bengaluru and Julie Steenhuysen in Chicago; editing by Maju Samuel)
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