Healthcare Alerts | Infectious Diseases | Mpox
Total number of Mpox cases reaches 25 as new case confirmed in Western Cape
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Published on MedED: 13 September 2024
Source: NCID
Type of article: Alert
MedED Catalogue Reference: MAM007
Category: Healthcare Alerts
Category Cross-reference: Infectious Diseases
Keywords: monkeypox, public health
Source: NCID Alert, 9th September 2024
The Department of Health continues to urge public vigilance as South Africa confirmed its 25th Mpox case (NCID, 9th September 2024)
This latest case, a 38-year-old man from Cape Town, tested positive after presenting at a private clinic. He has no recent travel history or known contact with any confirmed cases. The provincial outbreak response team are conducting contact tracing.
Since May, 25 cases and 3 deaths have been recorded in the country, with Gauteng recording twelve, KwaZulu-Natal eleven, and the Western Cape now with two cases.
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