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Healthcare Alerts | Infectious Diseases
Department of Health issues update on Mpox outbreak
Published on MedED: 27 June 2024
Source: South African Department of Health (DoH)
Type of article: Alert
MedED Catalogue Reference: MAM003
Category: Healthcare Alerts
Category Cross-reference: Infectious Diseases
Keywords: monkeypox, public health
Source: DoH Press Release 25 June 2024
The Department of Health has confirmed three more cases of Mpox, bringing the total number of cases since the start of the outbreak to sixteen. The ministry has further confirmed that the number of deaths related to the infection now stands at three.
Of the new cases, two were confirmed in Gauteng, both of whom had no history of international travel. The third confirmed case, a male patient from KwaZulu Natal, subsequently passed away at his home on the 24th of June 2024.
To date, all of the laboratory-confirmed cases have been males between the ages of 23 and 43. Eight of the 16 confirmed cases are from KZN, six from Gauteng, and one from the Western Cape.
The Department reiterated that it had no plans to issue a travel ban and continued to urge people with symptoms to report to their nearest medical facility.
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