“…29,32 Some indicated persons, for example, health workers at high risk of exposure, laboratory personnel working with orthopoxviruses, clinical laboratory personnel performing laboratory testing for monkeypox, outbreak response team members, and other individuals who may be at high risk like persons with multiple sex partners can take vaccine for pre-exposure prophylaxis. 8,33 Historically, since monkeypox is a zoonotic disease, not only during outbreaks but also during normal periods, avoiding contact with risky animals and careful handling and cooking for the consumption of meat is especially important. In the case of imported rodents and nonhuman primates, suspected infected animals and other animals that have come in their contact should be handled with standard precautions, quarantined for 30 days, and observed for monkeypox symptoms.…”