A man dies after he's infected with mpox at Donostia Hospital

The deceased, 61-year-old and cancer patient, may have been infected with the monkey smallpox by sharing the room with a patient treated for infectious pathology

Published on RocksNews: 8 Oct 2026, 12:09 UTC
Updated: 8 Oct 2026, 13:16 UTC
Language: English (Original language: Spanish)

A man dies after he's infected with mpox at Donostia Hospital — A man dies after he's infected with mpox at Donostia Hospital — Image credit: Javier Hernandez (EL PAÍS)

The deceased, 61-year-old and cancer patient, may have been infected with the monkey smallpox by sharing the room with a patient treated for infectious pathology

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