Mexico, Cuba Report Deaths of Two Patients With Monkeypox

Mexico, Cuba Report Deaths of Two Patients With Monkeypox
Test tubes labelled "Monkeypox virus positive and negative" in a photo illustration taken on May 23, 2022. Dado Ruvic/Reuters
Reuters
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MEXICO CITY—Mexico and Cuba have reported the deaths of two people who had tested positive for monkeypox, although neither country attributed the fatalities to the viral disease.

The reports follow monkeypox-related deaths reported in Brazil and Ecuador in the past month, but fatalities remain rare in the current outbreak.