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Cape Town Man Tests Positive for Mpox, Has Not Travelled

The health department has recorded South Africa‘s 25th laboratory-confirmed case of mpox, with the latest patient a 38-year-old man in Cape Town.

He sought medical intervention at a private medical practice on September 4 after experiencing typical mpox lesions on the face, trunk, thorax and genitals and headache, light sensitivity, sore throat and muscle pain. He was told to home-isolate while waiting for test results. The results came back positive on Friday.

He is in a stable condition, the department said.

The patient has no recent international travel history nor contact with a suspected or confirmed mpox case.

Since the outbreak in May, 12 cases were reported in Gauteng, 11 in KwaZulu-Natal and now two in the Western Cape. There…

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