DStv Channel 403 Wednesday, 06 November 2024

MPox death toll rises to two

JOHANNESBURG - The death toll of MPox in South Africa has risen to two.

The Health Department has also announced another laboratory-confirmed case.

The latest patient is a 38-year-old man who was admitted to a hospital in Mgungudlovu in KwaZulu-Natal.

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He tested positive after presenting with lesions, headache, fatigue, oral ulcers, muscle pain and a sore throat.

Unfortunately, the patient died the day his test results came back.

The department is urging anyone with similar symptoms to be tested as soon as possible.

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