Limpopo Health MEC Phophi Ramathuba has confirmed the province’s first confirmed case of monkeypox in Hoedspruit.
The case, which was confirmed by the National Institute of Communicable Diseases, brings the national total to three.
The latest patient is a 42-year-old tourist from Switzerland.
Ramathuba says the case presented with signs and symptoms such as rash, muscle ache, and fatigue.
Monkeypox is usually a mild disease manifesting as blisters on the skin, it is usually mild and self-limiting with a fatality rate of 1%.
The disease has previously been reported in African countries such as Nigeria, DRC and Ghana in the early 2000s.
The current outbreak is dominated by high numbers in European countries such as Spain, Germany, Portugal, France as well as the UK.
