Overview

• Jalisco’s health secretary announced that a 32-year-old man from Guadalajara with advanced HIV died from pneumonia complications now attributed to Mpox.
• The state has recorded 62 confirmed Mpox cases in 2025, positioning it as the country’s second-most affected region after Mexico City.
• National data from the Secretaría de Salud list 438 Mpox cases to date, including 30 new infections reported between July 13 and 19.
• The WHO warns that Mpox spreads through close physical and sexual contact and contaminated objects, with symptoms ranging from skin lesions and fever to swollen lymph nodes.
• State and federal health agencies continue epidemiological surveillance in hospitals and communities, focusing on high-risk groups to contain further spread.