Three more laboratory-confirmed cases of mpox have been detected in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, where three other cases were detected at the end of February, including a man who had travelled to Uganda.
This brings to 31 the number of cases in South Africa, said the Department of Health.
TimesLIVE reports that the latest positive cases include a 38-year old man: the other two are a 14-year-old male and a 33-year-old woman, who are both contacts of his.
“None has recent travel history to countries or regions experiencing an mpox outbreak, which suggests there is ongoing local transmission of the virus in the country,” the department said, adding that all three also tested positive for the herpes simplex virus (HSV).
The patients are self-isolating and receiving clinical management from the healthcare workers.
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