MADRID — Spanish health authorities reported 25 new cases of monkeypox on Thursday, bringing the total tally of infections in one of the main hot spots of the recent outbreak to 84. The Health Ministry, which now considers all non-human-origin pox infections as monkeypox after a positive test while before only counting those confirmed by sequencing, also said there were 73 suspected cases. Spain’s neighbor Portugal confirmed nine new infections on Thursday, bringing the total to 58. Portugal’s health authority DGS said the country was taking steps to establish a vaccine reserve through the European mechanism and was considering vaccinating the contacts of confirmed cases and health professionals. RELATED STORY:WHO working on more monkeypox guidance as cases riseExplainer: How concerned should we be about monkeypox?

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 26, 2022 22:12 UTC