He was diagnosed with the untreated HIV virus. The man died in a hospital in the capital, Buenos Aires. The cause of death was septic shock.
According to the ministry’s statement, the patient had been in intensive care since mid-September and had to be connected to a ventilator. His death was said to have been announced on November 22.
Argentina reported 895 confirmed Mpox cases. According to the Ministry of Health, they are mainly concentrated in the capital and in the provinces of Buenos Aires and Córdoba.
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Monday that it will rename monkeypox to “Mpox” to avoid the stigma of those affected.
Monkeypox got its name after the virus was first found in monkeys kept for research in Denmark in 1958. However, the disease actually occurs in many other animals, most commonly rodents.
The disease was first detected in humans in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It has since spread mainly to West and Central African countries.
But in May, cases of the disease began to spread around the world, mostly among men who have had sex with men. This year, 81,107 infections and 55 deaths were reported to WHO from 110 countries.
Monkey pox is a significantly less dangerous relative of smallpox, which was eradicated nearly 40 years ago. Typical symptoms of the disease include high fever, swollen lymph nodes and chickenpox-like pustules.
(SDA)