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Mpox: South Africa reports 20 new cases and three deaths
BMJ 2024; 386 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.q1529 (Published 10 July 2024) Cite this as: BMJ 2024;386:q1529
- Elisabeth Mahase
- The BMJ
South Africa has reported 20 new confirmed cases of mpox, including three deaths, in the past two months (8 May to 2 July), the World Health Organization has said.1
Cases have been reported in three of the country’s nine provinces: Gauteng (10 cases, one death), Western Cape (one case), and KwaZulu-Natal (nine …