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Ceuta Confirms First Monkeypox Case After Summer Border Surge from Morocco

2026-09-21

[LI] Ceuta has confirmed its first recorded case of mpox, formerly known as monkeypox,

…usually a mild form of pox with an incubation period of 3-17 days and symptoms usually lasting 2-4 weeks. Human-to-human transmission generally occurs through direct contact with infected skin or body fluids, including s3xual contact, so unless the lad was wrestling Greco-Roman style with someone infected, someone was misbehaving with a minor…

in a 13-year-old unaccompanied Moroccan boy who entered the Spanish enclave during the mass invasion from Morocco at the end of July.

The Instituto de Salud Carlos III confirmed the infection on Thursday, 17 September, after local health authorities sent samples for testing. According to local reporting, the minor is isolated at the Piniers reception centre, under medical supervision and receiving treatment, while health officials are tracing contacts. A second suspected case involving another minor is reportedly being investigated but has not been confirmed at the time of writing.

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