View of the ruins of Machu Picchu, Peru. File photoBUENOS AIRES, May 30. An elderly Peruvian is suspected of having monkeypox, his family denies the possibility of infection, according to La República newspaper. «A 70-year-old man may be the first person in Peru to contract smallpox monkeys. However, his relatives deny the infection and assure that they are victims of discrimination by the hospital staff, «the publication notes. The patient has diabetes, which has not been treated. According to the newspaper Correo, the man has skin lesions and spots, as well as anemia. The patient was tested and is in isolation. .jpg» />WHO assessed the likelihood of a global pandemic of monkeypox
