In Mexico, the death of an HIV-positive patient who died of septic shock and pneumonia is being investigated, while in Cuba, the cause of death was sepsis related to pneumonia and organ damage.
Two deaths have been reported in Mexico and Cuba with monkeypox, although neither country has linked the deaths to the viral disease. On Wednesday, August 24, Reuters reports.
The reports come after monkeypox-related deaths were reported in Brazil and Ecuador last month, but deaths remain extremely rare during the current outbreak.
Mexico’s health ministry said Tuesday that experts are investigating the death of an HIV-positive patient who died of septic shock and pneumonia after testing positive for monkeypox.
In total, Mexico has reported 386 confirmed and 862 probable cases of monkeypox.
Cuban authorities said a 50-year-old Italian man died on Sunday after being diagnosed with monkeypox on Saturday.
The country’s Ministry of Health pointed to the autopsy report, which noted that the cause of death was sepsis related to pneumonia and organ damage.
Earlier in Spain, a man died after contracting monkeypox. This is the first recorded death of the disease in the country and in the whole of Europe.
The United States has declared monkeypox a public health emergency.
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