Overview
- Health authorities said this Thursday that samples from the 13‑year‑old were sent to the Instituto de Salud Carlos III and returned a positive mpox result.
- The boy is an unaccompanied Moroccan minor who entered Ceuta during the mass crossings of July 30–31 and is under the autonomous city's guardianship in a reception center.
- He remains isolated in the center and is receiving treatment while local health services have activated contact monitoring and containment measures to prevent further spread.
- This is reported to be the first laboratory‑confirmed mpox case in Ceuta since Spain’s outbreak began, and officials say no additional cases in the city have been reported so far.
- Mpox spreads mainly through close physical contact and causes fever, swollen lymph nodes and a rash that becomes pustules and scabs, so authorities will closely monitor other arrivals and staff at reception facilities.