Mexico is reporting dozens of cases of monkeypox, declaredthis weekend by the World Health Organization a public health emergency of international concern.
On Tuesday, national health official Hugo Lopez-Gatell said that Mexico had confirmed60 cases, a handful of hospitalizations and no deaths so far.
More than half the cases were concentrated in Mexico City. Sonora, Arizona’s neighbor to the south, has yet to report a case, though nearby Baja California and Sinaloa each had one.
“It’s important to emphasize that it’s a very low mortality disease,” Gatell said, adding that he doesn't expect it to spread extensively.
