'The government didn't do anything': Mexican, Brazilian monkeypox responses draw concern

An activist stick posters on a fence during a protest to call for a stronger response by the government to the monkeypox crisis, outside the Health Secretary building, in Mexico City, Mexico, Mexico, July 26, 2022. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Francisco's lesions started after returning home to Mexico City from California in late June: First, two spots on his buttocks. Then, a week later, lesions all over his body, his mouth so full of sores that he could barely talk or drink water.

"The pain was indescribable, catastrophic," said Francisco, 44, who asked Reuters to conceal his real name.