Twenty of South Africa's 2024 mpox cases arrived in just three months
Confirmed mpox cases by period, South Africa, 2022–October 2024
26
total confirmed cases, 2024
0
cases recorded in all of 2023
Local transmission
Cases shift from imported to community-spread
South Africa went all of 2023 without a single mpox case, and the first seven months of 2024 brought only six more. But 20 confirmed cases followed in just three months — and with local transmission now documented, health authorities warn further spread cannot be ruled out while contact tracing remains active.
Daily Maverick · Source: NICD; National Department of Health, 2024
