Indian authorities announced on Monday the death of a man infected with monkeypox, who recently returned from the United Arab Emirates, in what could be the first fatal case of the disease in Asia.
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The Ministry of Health in the state of Kerala in southern India said tests on the 22-year-old victim who died on July 30 "show the man had monkeypox".
This death is the fourth linked to this disease outside of Africa.