MADRID — Spain on Saturday reported its second monkeypox-related death, bringing to three the number of fatalities linked to the current outbreak outside of Africa. Spain and Brazil both announced what they believed to be their first deaths related to the virus on Friday. Spain is one of the world’s worst-hit countries, with 4,298 people there infected with the virus, according to the Spanish health ministry. “Among the 3,750 (monkeypox) patients… 120 have been hospitalized and two have died,” it said in a report, without specifying the date of the second death. Brazil’s health ministry has recorded close to 1,000 monkeypox cases, mostly in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro states, which are also in the country’s southeast.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 31, 2022 00:27 UTC