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The cases of patients infected by the ‘VAIOLO of the monkeys’: said the Councilor for Health of the Lazio Region, Alessio D’Amato. ‘I have received news of a sixth case of VAIOLO from monkeys taken over by the Spallanzani Institute with a link back from the Canary Islands – declares D’Amato – Currently there are four hospitalized all in good clinical conditions. One is followed up at home. The other is the Tuscan case. The epidemiological investigation continues. No alarm, but the infectious disease surveillance system is in a state of maximum attention.