MADRID (AP) – Spain on Friday reported the death of a person from monkeypox, which Spanish media said was a first for the European Union nation.
In its latest report on the virus, Spain’s Health Ministry said 120 people had been admitted to the hospital so far with monkeypox and one had died. Spain’s state news agency Efe and other media outlets said it was the country’s first monkeypox death.
The ministry gave no further details regarding the death. It said Spain had 4,298 people infected with the virus.
The current outbreak is by far the biggest involving the virus, and it’s been designated by the World Health Organization as a global health emergency.
