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First European Monkeypox Death Confirmed

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Published 12:19 30 Jul 2022 GMT+1

First European Monkeypox Death Confirmed

Spain’s Health Ministry confirmed the death yesterday, saying 120 people have so far been admitted to hospital with monkeypox

Jess Hardiman

Jess Hardiman

Spain has reported the first monkeypox death in Europe of the current outbreak, which was recently declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organisation (WHO).  

Spain’s Health Ministry confirmed the death yesterday (29 July) but did not share any further details. 

State news agency Efe, along with a number of other media outlets, have said the death was the country’s first monkeypox-related fatality. 

The Health Ministry also said 120 people have so far been admitted to hospital with monkeypox, and that the country had 4,298 people infected with the virus - 3,500 cases of which were men who had had sex with other men, while 64 were women. 

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Monkeypox is an illness caused by the monkeypox virus, which can spread from animals to humans, and between people. 

On the WHO website, the health agency warns that while symptoms can 'go away on their own in a few weeks', in some people, an infection can lead to medical complications and even death. 

A man receives a dose of the Monkeypox vaccine in France.
REUTERS/Alamy Stock Photo

"Newborn babies, children and people with underlying immune deficiencies may be at risk of more serious symptoms and death from monkeypox," it said. 

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The current outbreak was designated as a global health emergency after becoming the biggest involving the virus. 

WHO said the expanding outbreak is an 'extraordinary event', amid concerns that it could spill over into more countries, in turn requiring a coordinated global response. 

Speaking at a virtual press conference last week, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of WHO, said there was a 'clear risk of further international spread'. 

"In short, we have an outbreak that has spread around the world rapidly, through new modes of transmission, about which we understand too little and which meets the criteria in the International Health Regulations," he said. 

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Dr Tedros explained how, under the International Health Regulations, he is required to consider 'five elements in deciding whether an outbreak constitutes a public health emergency of international concern'. 

First, he said, was the 'information provided by countries', which shows the monkeypox virus has 'spread rapidly to many countries that have not seen it before'. 

"Second, the three criteria for declaring a public health emergency of international concern under the International Health Regulations, which have been met," Dr Tedros continued, saying a third concern was 'the advice of the Emergency Committee, which has not reached consensus'. 

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Fourth are 'scientific principles, evidence and other relevant information', which Dr Tedros said are currently 'insufficient and leave us with many unknowns', while a fifth element was the risk to human health, international spread and the potential for interference with international traffic. 

"For all of these reasons, I have decided that the global monkeypox outbreak represents a public health emergency of international concern," Dr Tedros said, adding that the WHO's assessment is that the risk of monkeypox is 'moderate globally and in all regions, except in the European region where we assess the risk as high'. 

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Featured Image Credit: Mark Klein/Jozef Polc/Alamy Stock Photo

Topics: World News, Health

Jess Hardiman
Jess Hardiman

Jess is Entertainment Desk Lead at LADbible Group. She graduated from Manchester University with a degree in Film Studies, English Language and Linguistics. You can contact Jess at [email protected].

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