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State of Health Spain confirms 12 new monkeypox cases
Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 01 Jun 2022, 07:45 am Print
Spain Monkeypox Image: UNICEF/Piero Pomponi
Madrid/UNI/Xinhua: The Spanish Ministry of Health confirmed 12 new monkeypox cases, raising the total caseload to 132.Spain, followed by Britain, becomes the country with the most detected cases of the disease in the current outbreak.
Although the health ministry did not detail the origin of the positive cases, at least 96 were from the Madrid Region, while six are fromCanary Islands, nine from Catalonia, three from the Basque region, four from Andalusia and one each from the Autonomous Communities of Aragon and Galicia.
All of the patients are reported to suffer from mild symptoms and are being isolated at home.
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