Fears of monkeypox have spread to the Canary Islands.

A British traveler visiting the Canary Islands’ Fuerteventura is suspected of having monkeypox.

Health officials on the tourist island are presently investigating five possible cases of the illness.

If confirmed, the British citizen would be the first to be impacted in Spain since the country’s first cases were reported last week.

“A suspected case of monkeypox in Fuerteventura relates to a British tourist,” a spokeswoman for the Canary Islands’ Health Service said in a brief statement.

It is unknown if he is alone on the island or part of a group being tested.

Spain has confirmed roughly 40 cases of monkeypox so far, with another 67 persons being tested.’

A Gran Canaria pride event attended by 80,000 people from the United Kingdom and other European countries is also under investigation.

“The Public Health Department will do an even more extensive examination… to limit contagion, sever the chains of transmission, and try to reduce the propagation of this virus as much as possible,” said health chief Enrique Ruiz Escudero at the time.

Most of the instances currently under examination in Europe have been minor, with most affected people anticipated to recover in a few of weeks without treatment.

According to the UK Health Security Agency, the number of monkeypox cases in the UK has grown to 57 as of yesterday.

There were 20 cases in England on Friday, and more were predicted.