Spain, Brazil report first monkeypox deaths outside Africa

The monkeypox virus has been found in 78 countries since early May, according to the WHO [File: Rick Bowmer/AP Photo]

Spain and Brazil have reported one death each from monkeypox in what are thought to be the first fatalities linked to an outbreak of the disease that began in early May.

Spain is one of the world’s worst-hit countries, with 4,298 cases of the virus, according to the health ministry’s emergency and alert coordination centre.