South Africa records first mpox death

A 37-year-old man has become South Africa’s first recorded death from mpox after five laboratory-confirmed cases of the viral infection were recorded in the past month.

The health minister confirmed the news on Wednesday adding that four others remain on treatment

The man died in Tembisa Hospital on Monday, Health Minister Joe Phaahla told a news conference.

“All cases/patients are males aged between 30-39 years without travel history to the countries currently experiencing an outbreak, which suggests there is local transmission of this…