Spain reported its first monkeypox-related death on Friday, marking what is believed to be the first death related to the current outbreak in Europe.
Spain is one of the most affected countries in the world and 4,298 people have been infected by the virus, according to the emergency and alert coordination center of the Ministry of Health.
“Of the 3,750 patients (of monkeypox) with available information, 120 cases were hospitalized (3.2%) and one case has died,” the center said in a report, following a related death in Brazil with the disease that was the first death outside of Africa.
An official would not release the specific cause of death pending the results of an autopsy.
The World Health Organization (WHO) last Saturday declared the outbreak of monkey pox as a global health emergency.
According to the WHO, more than 18,000 cases have been detected worldwide outside of Africa since the beginning of May.
It has been detected in 78 countries with 70% of cases found in Europe and 25% in the Americas, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday.
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