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Public health officials warn that moves by rich countries to buy large quantities of monkeypox vaccine could leave millions of people in Africa unprotected against a more dangerous version of the disease

Spain and Brazil reported their first monkeypox virus-related deaths on Friday, followed by Spain reporting its second death on Saturday, marking what are thought to be the first fatalities linked to the current outbreak outside of Africa.

About 70 percent of cases in the outbreak that began in May have been found in Europe and 25 percent in the Americas.

Brazil on Friday reported the first monkeypox-related death outside the African continent in the current outbreak, shortly before Spain confirmed Europe's first known death in the outbreak later in the day.

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As of July 21, it is said that over two thousand people in the UK were infected with monkeypox - and with cases on the rise, it's important to know the symptoms.

More than 2,208 cases of rare tropical virus now confirmed in UK

As of 21 July 2022, there are 2,208 confirmed cases of monkeypox in the UK

Tropical disease originating in Africa has spread across the world since May