In recent weeks, metropolitan GGDs have set up separate rooms where people can be tested for the monkey pox virus. Plans are ready at local level for further scaling up. Converting a corona test street is one of the options. This is apparent from a BNR tour of a number of health services.
The GGDs of Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Eindhoven now all have separate facilities with separate waiting areas where vaccinations are sometimes also offered. The GGD Region Utrecht does not have separate rooms, but it does have a separate consultation hour for monkey pox.
The health services are responding to an updated RIVM guideline at the end of May. It advises to limit contact with people who come to test to a minimum to prevent infections at locations.
By: ANP | Photo: ANP