Man dies of monkeypox in Spain

A man died of monkeypox in a hospital in the Spanish Basque Country, the Pais newspaper reported.

“A sixty-one-year-old man who was being treated at Donostia Hospital died this week from mpox, a disease formerly known as monkeypox,” the publication writes, citing the regional health department.

According to him, the man was in the hospital for several weeks due to cancer. The deceased could have contracted the virus from another patient with whom he was in the same ward.

After the disease was detected, the institution took additional safety measures. More than 30 people, mostly medical workers who had contact with patients, have been vaccinated and remain under observation.

Hospital officials say it is "extremely unlikely" that there will be any new cases associated with the episode.

Monkeypox is a rare viral disease that is potentially dangerous for people with weakened immune systems. The infection is accompanied by fever, intoxication, enlarged lymph nodes and the subsequent spread of the rash - first in the form of spots that transform into blisters, after opening ulcers form, after they heal - crusts, and when they fall off - scars.