The other case was a 20-year-old man from Gauteng who reported to a private healthcare facility in Johannesburg on Friday with “typical Mpox lesions”.
“He confirmed that he has international travel history to Peru in South America. It is uncertain if exposure occurred in Peru or South Africa. According to the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) multi-country Mpox outbreak report, Peru is among countries with high numbers of positive cases in the region of the Americas.”
Mohale confirmed contact tracing and monitoring were ongoing in both cases and urged those who had been in contact with the two patients to co-operate with health workers during this process.
The department also confirmed of the 22 cases reported between May 8 and July 6, 19 had made a full recovery.
The health department said another batch of WHO-donated Tecovirimat, an antiviral also known as TPOXX used to treat Mpox, had arrived.
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