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Argentina on Friday confirmed the first two cases of monkeypox in Latin America, the health ministry said in a statement.
By NU.nl/ReutersSpain, England and Portugal are the countries that have seen the most cases in the recent outbreak of this usually mild viral disease. The disease normally occurs mainly in parts of West and Central Africa.
The Argentine Ministry of Health has said that the first patient is in good health. People who have been in close contact with this person show no symptoms yet but are under control.
Second case
Later in the day, the ministry confirmed that monkey pox had also been diagnosed in another person. It involved a Spanish citizen who arrived in Argentina on Wednesday and started developing sores the next day.
“The patient is in good general condition, has been isolated and is being treated symptomatically,” the ministry said. Symptoms of monkey pox include fever and rash.
So far, most of the reported infections in the world are not serious. About twenty countries where monkeypox is virtually non-existent report outbreaks of the viral disease, with more than two hundred confirmed or suspected infections, mainly in Europe.