Monkeypox: contact tracing
Classification of contacts and advice for vaccination and follow-up of contacts of confirmed monkeypox cases.
Applies to England
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This guidance provides principles for risk assessment and follow-up of contacts of confirmed monkeypox cases. It is intended to support risk assessment and categorisation of contacts to ensure they are offered appropriate isolation advice and vaccination.
Additional monkeypox resources are also available on GOV.UK, including information on case definitions and vaccination.
Last updated 21 May 2022 + show all updates
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Added links to additional monkeypox guidance.
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First published.
Update history
2023-01-23 17:23
Updated contact tracing guidance and category 2 and category 3 contacts (English versions).
2022-11-18 11:22
Added easy read category 3 contact sheet; updated easy read category 2 contact sheet.
2022-10-19 13:27
Added easy read version of category 2 contact sheet.
2022-09-27 13:12
Updated contact tracing matrix.
2022-08-09 11:33
Updated contact information sheets for categories 2 and 3.
2022-08-03 14:37
Updated contact tracing guidance.
2022-08-01 11:31
Added Portuguese and Spanish translations of category 2 and 3 contact sheets.
2022-07-25 16:01
Updated contact tracing guidance.
2022-07-19 14:00
Removed links to category 1A and 1B contacts and symptomatic contacts.
2022-07-01 14:10
Updated contact tracing guidance.
2022-06-23 13:55
Updated contact tracing guidance.
2022-06-20 17:04
Added information sheets for contacts.
2022-06-06 17:41
Updated guidance to clarify recommendations for PEP after 14 days since last exposure.
2022-06-01 17:28
Updated matrix.
2022-05-27 17:57
Updated matrix.
2022-05-21 17:20
Added links to additional monkeypox guidance.
2022-05-20 17:50
First published.