7 Aug, 2024 @ 18:00
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Monkeypox warning in Spain: Country registers highest number of cases in Europe

Mpox latest in Spain: Health chiefs call emergency meeting as number of cases per region is revealed

SPAIN has recorded the highest number of monkeypox cases in Europe since the start of the current outbreak in April 2022.

A total of 8,101 cases have been reported- almost double that of the second-placed country, France.

This year has seen 260 confirmed cases with nearly half in the Madrid area and 90% of those affected were unvaccinated.

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16 infections have been reported between July 5 and August 5 by the Carlos III Institute.

Practically all of the cases(98%) are in males, aged between 6 and 68 years, although six out of ten were between 30 and 49 years old, bringing the average age to 37.

Three out of four presented general symptoms, such as fever (the most frequent), asthenia, sore throats, muscle pain or headache,

Rashes that developed were located in the anogenital area in 76.1% of cases.

Of the 213 out of 260 infections this year, 16.4% of people reported having had close contact with a probable or confirmed case.

The most likely form of transmission was sexual intercourse in 80% of monkeypox infections with the overwhelming number of cases involving gay or bi-sexual men.

Alex Trelinski

Alex worked for 30 years for the BBC as a presenter, producer and manager. He covered a variety of areas specialising in sport, news and politics. After moving to the Costa Blanca over a decade ago, he edited a newspaper for 5 years and worked on local radio.

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