VIRUS ALERT: Contact tracing under way for first monkeypox case confirmed in SA - Daily Maverick

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases confirmed that contact tracing is being carried out for the first case of monkeypox identified in South Africa. The disease is considered mild and tends to move slowly within a population. Large-scale vaccinati…

Contact tracing based on the first case of monkeypox to be identified in South Africa is currently under way. The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) was notified of a potential case … [+6285 chars]

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