The Spanish Ministry of Health confirmed this Friday the first death from monkeypox in the country. That also according to the World Health Organization (WHO) is the one that registers the most cases of the disease in the world.
In Spain, 4,298 cases are confirmed. Of which at least 120 were hospitalized and one died.
The first confirmed fatality in the country from this disease, before which the WHO declared a health emergency on July 23 Internationalaccording to official data.
Spain reports first death from monkeypox
The majority of cases correspond to men, more than 4,000, the average age is 37 years.
While the most likely mechanism of transmission in most cases is through close contact during sexual intercourse.
70 percent of the more than 18,000 cases registered in the world are concentrated in Europe, with Spain as the country with the most infections worldwide, according to the WHO.
According to the WHO, person-to-person transmission of this disease “can occur through close contact with secretions from the respiratory tract or skin lesions of an infected person. Or with recently contaminated objects. Transmission via respiratory droplets usually requires prolonged face-to-face contact. Which increases the risk to healthcare professionals, household members, and other close contacts of active cases.”
Likewise, “transmission can also occur through the placenta from mother to fetus (which can lead to cases of congenital monkeypox) or through close contact during and following birth. Although the Contact Tight physical space is a well-known risk factor for transmission, it is unclear at this time whether monkeypox can be transmitted specifically through sexual transmission routes. Studies are needed to better understand this risk.”