The first confirmed death due to monkeypox in Asia occurred on Monday in the state of Kerala in India. It is only the fourth death confirmed worldwide in the current monkeypox outbreak, after two fatalities in Spain last week and one in Brazil. Monkeypox has spread around the world in recent months, while previous outbreaks had been endemic to Africa, causing the World Health Organisation to declare it a global health emergency on July 23. The death in India took place on Saturday in Kerala, where a 22 year old man died from the disease. He had arrived in Kerala […]
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