New Delhi: The world is tasked with dealing with another global health crisis – monkeypox – even as the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc. All eyes are on the monkeypox disease that has recently been seen on the rise in many countries, raising concerns about the spread of infection and recovery from the virus.Also Read – Suspected monkeypox case reported in Karnataka, patient samples sent for testing
In India, four monkeypox cases – three in Kerala and one in Delhi – have been confirmed. Of these four, one monkeypox patient in Kerala has fully recovered from the disease, the state health minister said. Three other patients are currently undergoing treatment at the health centre. Amid concerns over the recovery status of monkeypox patients, Spain on Saturday confirmed the country’s first death from the disease.
Spain reports first monkeypox death
Spain reported the country’s first monkeypox death less than a week after the World Health Organization declared monkeypox a global health emergency, reports Xinhua News Agency. So far, 4,298 cases of the virus have been confirmed in Spain and 120 people have been hospitalized for treatment, according to data collected by the National Epidemiological Surveillance Network (RENAVE). Out of total only 64 were women.
According to the data, 2,253 cases of monkeypox or 82.1 percent of infections were the result of sexual intercourse, while 10.5 percent of infections came from close non-sexual contact. In Spain, people infected with the virus range in age from a 10-month-old baby to 88 years old.
Monkeypox cases have been reported in all 17 autonomous communities of Spain, but the majority are in the community of Madrid (1,656), with a further 1,406 in Catalonia and 498 in the southern region of Andalusia.
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