{"id":89694,"date":"2024-06-13T16:39:07","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T14:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/?p=89694"},"modified":"2024-06-13T16:39:07","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T14:39:07","slug":"six-cases-of-mpox-or-monkeypox-confirmed-in-south-africa-one-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/six-cases-of-mpox-or-monkeypox-confirmed-in-south-africa-one-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Six cases of Mpox or Monkeypox confirmed in South Africa; One Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"

Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n

3-minute read
\n13 June 2024 | 16:34 CAT<\/p>\n

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Monkeypox, which mostly occurs in west and central Africa, is a rare viral infection similar to human smallpox, though milder. Image: Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Russell Regnery\/ CDC\/ REUTERS<\/p><\/div>\n

A 37-year-old man has become South Africa’s first recorded death from mpox after five laboratory-confirmed cases of the viral infection were recorded in the past month, the health minister said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The man died in Tembisa Hospital on Monday, Health Minister Joe Phaahla told the media.<\/p>\n

Phaahla said all of South Africa’s Mpox cases were in men aged between 30 and 39 without travel history to countries currently experiencing an outbreak, suggesting local infectious disease transmission.<\/p>\n

Phaahla explained that the sequencing analysis of three cases revealed Mpox clade IIb, a variant dominant in the multi-country and post-outbreak, which began in 2022.<\/p>\n

The last time South Africa recorded positive cases of Mpox was in 2022 when five cases were confirmed in the Western Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo and Gauteng, with no cases reported in 2023.<\/p>\n

Mr Phaahla said six cases had been recorded in the country this year – two in Gauteng and four in KwaZulu-Natal.<\/p>\n

They were all classed as severe and required hospitalisation.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Outbreak Response Team have embarked on contact tracing and case finding in the affected provinces.<\/p>\n

Mpox, formerly called monkeypox, is a viral infection transmitted through close contact.<\/p>\n

Initial symptoms include fever, headaches, swellings, back pain, and aching muscles, which can develop into a rash.<\/p>\n

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared a public health emergency over an outbreak of mpox in 2022. Although this ended last year, low cases are still being reported in some countries.<\/p>\n

Listen to the full interview on The Daily Round Up with Moulana Junaid Kharsany and the spokesperson for the Health Department, Doctor Tshwale here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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