LIMA: Peru registered its first death of a monkeypox-infected person on Monday, with more than 300 cases reported in the country so far, a health official said.
The fatality was “a patient who came to the hospital in serious condition with monkey pox and their health deteriorated after they stopped treatment for HIV/AIDS,” Eduardo said. farfandirector of the Dos de Mayo hospital in Lima.
The man, 45, died “of sepsis” due to a weakened immune system, Farfan said.
He was hospitalized with a severe monkeypox infection and “other comorbidities,” the director said.
Farfan said his hospital was treating about eight or nine cases of monkeypox a day, on an outpatient basis.
More than 18,000 cases of monkeypox have been detected outside of Africa since early May, according to the WHO, most of them in Europe.
The fatality was “a patient who came to the hospital in serious condition with monkey pox and their health deteriorated after they stopped treatment for HIV/AIDS,” Eduardo said. farfandirector of the Dos de Mayo hospital in Lima.
The man, 45, died “of sepsis” due to a weakened immune system, Farfan said.
He was hospitalized with a severe monkeypox infection and “other comorbidities,” the director said.
Farfan said his hospital was treating about eight or nine cases of monkeypox a day, on an outpatient basis.
More than 18,000 cases of monkeypox have been detected outside of Africa since early May, according to the WHO, most of them in Europe.
