Monkeypox South Africa

South Africa has identified its first case of monkeypox since a global outbreak began, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases said.

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I am confident that monkeypox can be defeated in the same way.” “When a disease affects developing countries, it is (apparently) not an emergency. The virus can be spread through close contact among people, and it need not be contact of a sexual nature. “The current strain of the disease is not considered fatal and sufferers begin to experience symptoms within seven to 14 days of exposure. “In Africa, most monkeypox cases have been documented among children under 15 years old. Monkeypox is a viral disease that causes flu-like symptoms and skin lesions.

The first case of the rare disease has been identified in SA. Monkeypox is very different from Covid-19 and not highly transmissible.

“This is the first time that many monkeypox cases and clusters have been reported concurrently in non-endemic and endemic countries in widely disparate geographical areas. “WHO is collaborating with health authorities to prevent further spread of the disease. He is presently recovering at home,” Puren said. “The case is a 30-year-old male who is resident in the Gauteng province and reports no recent travel history. We are issuing guidance to help countries on surveillance, laboratory work, clinical care, infection prevention and control, as well as risk communication and community engagement to inform communities at risk and the broader general public about monkeypox and how to keep safe. The first case of the rare disease has been identified in SA. There is currently a large outbreak of the disease, globally that has been flagged by the World Health Organization. Monkeypox is, however, very different from Covid-19 and not highly transmissible.

"The patient is a 30-year-old man from Johannesburg who has no travel history, which means it cannot be attributed to infection outside South Africa,"

The virus usually disappears after two to three weeks. The UN health body is due to hold an emergency meeting on Thursday to discuss classifying the global epidemic as a public health emergency of international concern. The first symptoms of monkeypox are usually a high fever, swollen lymph nodes and a chickenpox-like rash.

He urged South Africans not to panic, noting that monkeypox was not an airborne disease like Covid-19. “It's not a very severe illness but also because it is ...

The cases to date mostly involve individuals that self-identify as men having sex with men. The risk to the general population is considered low, given the low transmissibility of the virus,” the NICD added. This is the first multi-country outbreak of monkeypox and is already the largest outbreak of monkeypox recorded.

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That has stirred criticism from some leading African scientists who say it has been a crisis for some African countries for years. The World Health Organization will decide on Thursday whether to declare monkeypox a global health emergency. JOHANNESBURG, June 23 (Reuters) – South Africa’s Health Minister Joe Phaahla said on Thursday that he had been notified by the country’s laboratory services that they had confirmed the first monkeypox case in South Africa.