MADRID (AP) — Spain on Friday reported the death of a person from monkeypox, which Spanish media said was a first for the European Union nation. In its latest report on the virus…
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Spain registers monkeypox death; media say it’s a first
The current monkeypox outbreak is by far the biggest involving the virus, and it’s been designated by the World Health Organization as a global health emergency.
MADRID (AP) — Spain on Friday reported the death of a person from monkeypox, which Spanish media said was a first for the European Union nation. In its latest report on the virus…
Spain documented the first monkeypox related death in Europe. It was the second recorded monkeypox death outside of Africa, and the fifth reported worldwide in what the WHO has declared a global health emergency.
Spain reported Saturday a second death in as many days from monkeypox. These are believed to be the first confirmed fatalities from the disease in Europe since its recent spread beyond Africa.
The ministry based in Madrid said both fatalities were young men. It reported its first death on Friday, the same day that Brazil also reported its first death from monkeypox.
Story by Reuters Spain reported its first monkeypox-related death on Friday, in what is thought to be Europe’s first fatality from the disease and only the second outside Africa in the current outbreak.
Brazil and Spain have reported the first deaths thought to be linked a monkeypox outbreak. The virus has almost exclusively infected men who have sex with men, across dozens of countries. Though it is rarely fatal, health experts are calling for vigilance.
Spain and Brazil reported their first monkeypox-related deaths on Friday, marking what are thought to be the first fatalities linked to the current outbreak outside of Africa.
The World Health Organization's European office said Saturday that more monkeypox-related deaths can be expected, following reports of the first fatalities outside Africa, while stressing that severe complications were still rare.
