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Health Department Calls For Vigilance As Three New Mpox Cases Are Detected
Mpox Alert: Three Cases Confirmed in South Africa—Public Urged to Stay Vigilant as Clade I Virus Spreads Globally!
The Department of Health would like to urge the public to take extra care as the country records three laboratory-confirmed cases of mpox. The first case was confirmed on 21 February in a 30-year-old male patient residing in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng Province with a recent travel history to Kampala, Uganda. The patient was diagnosed with Clade I mpox virus, which is currently circulating in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda and has been reported in travellers returning to many locations around the globe.
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