Originally Posted by mnhusker

The index person had developed blisters (oh and by the by, went to a "massage parlor" in Singapore despite being ill, how reckless is that!) so that the crew rest area is a possible source of infection as Monkeypox, like smallpox can be spread by fomites.

Thus this is not overkill but standard epidemiology by the Singapore health officials.

https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeyp...nsmission.html