Cuba, Mexico report deaths in monkeypox-positive patients

One man died in Cuba and one other in Mexico after testing optimistic for monkeypox, the nations introduced.

An Italian vacationer visiting Cuba died Sunday, a day after being identified with the virus. The 50-year-old man was the nation’s first confirmed case of monkeypox.

He had been touring via varied provinces in Cuba for under three days earlier than falling ailing, Cuba’s Ministry of Public Well being reported.

Neither Cuba nor Mexico attributes the deaths to the monkeypox virus.

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The vacationer developed pores and skin lesions and his situation quickly deteriorated as he went into cardiac arrest earlier than dying.

Cuba well being officers didn't attribute the vacationer’s demise to the virus. An post-mortem report pointed the reason for demise to sepsis linked to pneumonia and organ harm.

Equally, Mexican officers stated a person who died within the nation didn't succumb to monkeypox, regardless of testing optimistic.

There are 44,503 confirmed circumstances of monkeypox globally.

NIAID by way of AP

Well being specialists in Mexico are investigating the demise of an HIV-positive affected person who had died from septic shock and pneumonia after testing optimistic for monkeypox, the nation’s well being ministry stated Tuesday.

Mexico has reported 386 confirmed and 862 possible circumstances of monkeypox an infection.

Monkeypox-related deaths have been reported in Spain, India, Brazil and Ecuador.

There are 44,503 confirmed circumstances of monkeypox globally, in keeping with the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention, 15,909 of that are within the US. There have been zero fatalities associated to the virus within the US.

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