Zuko Komisa

Two more monkeypox disease cases recorded in KZN.
The Department of Health is urging people to visit the closest medical facility if they have had intimate contact with individuals who have been confirmed cases of monkeypox, also known as Mpox, or who are suspected cases.
This comes after two other instances of mpox were discovered this week at the Addington and St. Augustine Hospitals in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, according to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD).
Four laboratory-confirmed infections have been reported nationwide as a result of this, with three occurring in KwaZulu-Natal and one in Gauteng. All of the patients are male South Africans in their mid-to late-30s, based on the data.
“The preliminary case finding report has revealed that the two recent cases had contact with the other previously confirmed case in the province, and this suggests that there is a local transmission of the disease, which could potentially lead to a larger outbreak in the province, the health officials rely on transparency and cooperation from cases or patients for contact tracing and case finding to determine the rate of transmission of this infectious virus at community level. It is through transparency of both confirmed and suspected cases that government can prevent further transmission and avoidable deaths.”
The Department of health

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