Patients with monkeypox in Ontario must be isolated in healthcare settings, officials say
Healthcare workers treating smallpox patients should wear appropriate N95 masks, eye protection, and isolation protocols similar to those of COVID-19, according to officials. In a document on infection prevention and control released this month, Public Health Ontario says that while monkeypox has historically been limited to prolonged face-to-face contact or skin-to-skin contact with an injury, …