A man in Spain has been diagnosed with Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF), which kills one in three people afflicted.

After contracting the disease, the patient was treated in the city of Leon, before being transferred to another facility.

The news was announced on 21 July by the Spanish defence ministry, which said: "He has a tick bite and remains in a stable condition, despite the clinical severity that this pathology implies," as reported by the Independent.