Monkeypox cases in Spain have been linked to a superspreader event at an adult sauna in Madrid.Įnrique Ruiz Escudero, the region’s cabinet minister for health of the community, said on Friday that health officials had traced many of Spain’s 30 monkeypox cases to a single sauna in the capital.īritain’s monkeypox tally now stands at 20 after 11 fresh cases were announced on Friday, and contact tracing and quarantine of close contacts is under way.Ī “notable proportion” of the UK and European cases are in gay and bisexual men, health officials have said.
