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Mexico confirms first case of monkeypox

Mexico's case comes after more than 200 confirmed or suspected cases have been reported throughout the world so far

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Mexico on Saturday reported its first confirmed case of monkeypox, according to deputy health secretary Hugo Lopez-Gatell.

The patient was a 50-year-old permanent resident of New York who is being treated in Mexico City, Lopez-Gatell said on Twitter.

"He was probably infected in the Netherlands," Lopez-Gatell wrote, adding that the patient was being isolated and was in stable condition.

On Friday, Argentina became the first Latin American country to report a case of monkeypox.

US MONKEYPOX CASES CLIMB, ANOTHER REPORTED IN COLORADO

Monkeypox vaccine test tubes

Test tubes labeled "monkeypox virus positive" are seen in this illustration from May 22, 2022.  (REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Files)

WHO: NEARLY 200 CASES OF MONKEYPOX VIRUS ACROSS MORE THAN 20 COUNTRIES

Around 20 countries where monkeypox is not endemic have reported outbreaks of the viral disease, with more than 200 confirmed or suspected infections mostly in Europe.

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The outbreaks are raising alarm because monkeypox, which spreads through close contact and was first found in monkeys, mostly occurs in West and Central Africa and only very occasionally spreads elsewhere.