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The Superior Health Council recommends vaccination with a smallpox vaccine for people who were not vaccinated against smallpox in childhood. People who have been exposed to the monkeypox virus are advised to get a smallpox vaccine within four days of exposure.
jvhBron: BELGIAN
Due to the limited stock of smallpox vaccines in Belgium, the SHC only recommends vaccination in the most necessary cases, in the first place people who never received a smallpox vaccine as a child. People who have been exposed to a confirmed monkeypox infection are also advised to be vaccinated within four days of exposure.
In addition, people who are infected or who have had high-risk contact are also advised to be vaccinated with the smallpox vaccine when they come into close contact with children, immunocompromised people and pregnant or breastfeeding women.
If children, immunocompromised people, pregnant or breastfeeding women themselves have had a high-risk contact, it is recommended that they contact a doctor. In that case, he will investigate whether a vaccine is recommended.