German health authorities on Tuesday recommended an isolation period of at least 21 days for those infected with monkeypox, as the World Health Organization (WHO) reported about 250 cases from 16 countries where the disease has been recently detected. Health Minister Karl Lauterbach on Tuesday said that, “in the early stages of an epidemic, there needs to be a tough and quick response.” Contact persons should also be quarantined for 21 days, Lauterbach said, adding that he had ordered “up to 40,000 doses” of a vaccine. He said vaccination could help contain the spread of monkeypox. They would …