Exclusive: English Primary School Closes Class Owing to Monkeypox

Test tubes labelled "Monkeypox virus positive and negative" are seen in this illustration taken May 23, 2022. Dado Ruvic/Reuters

A primary school class in England has been closed until the end of term, owing to an outbreak of monkeypox in what appears to be a first in London.

The Grand Avenue Primary and Nursery School, in Surrey, told parents in a letter seen by The Epoch Times that their child had been in contact with someone with monkeypox. The UK Health Security Agency has confirmed this.

Precautionary Guidelines

In a letter, the school said that “we have been assured that there is an extremely low risk to our community” and that it was following all precautionary guidelines from public health which includes closing the reception classes until the end of term.”