Second person dies from monkeypox in Spain - hours after first confirmed death

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The deaths are believed to be the only two in Europe, with another confirmed in Brazil on Friday making a total of three known deaths outside Africa during the current outbreak.

He suffered from lymphoma and a weakened immune system which"aggravated his condition", the Brazilian ministry said.

There have been 75 suspected deaths in Africa - mainly Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo - where a more deadly form of the virus is spreading.Some 4,298 people have become infected with the virus in Spain - meaning it has the most cases in Europe.Some 120 patients - equivalent to 3.2% - have needed hospital treatment, the Spanish ministry said.

As of 27 July, 261 people had confirmed or probably infections - as health officials warned the number was likely to increase.UK's 'most extreme' monkeypox case San Francisco mayor, London Breed, said the city's LGBTQ community is seeing significant cases and called for more action and more vaccines. But the state of California is undecided about whether to declare a state-wide emergency, officials said on Saturday.Only New York has recorded more cases - with the state governor Kathy Hochul declaring a state of emergency over the disease spread on Friday.

 

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