Texas on Tuesday reported the first death in a severely Immunol compromised person who was diagnosed with monkey pox, according to state health department officials.
The case is still under investigation to see what role monkey pox played in the death. Although painful, monkey pox is rarely fatal.
Scott Pauley, a spokesman for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said in an email the agency is aware of the reported death in an adult in Harris County, Texas.
“CDC continues to closely monitor the monkey pox outbreak and we are actively working with Texas officials to investigate this situation,” he said.
“Until the investigation is complete, it is premature to assign a specific cause of death.”
More than 90 countries where monkey pox is not endemic have reported more than 478,600 cases of the viral disease, which the World Health Organization has declared a global health emergency. Deaths outside of Africa, where the virus is endemic, are rare. Non-endemic countries reporting monkey pox deaths include in Brazil, Cuba, Ecuador, India and Spain, according to a Reuters tally.
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