South Africa received its first batch of antiviral drugs to treat mpox as the number of cases almost doubled.
Tecovirimat will be used to treat patients who have severe health complications while those mild cases will continue to be managed with supportive treatment, the Department of Health said in a statement on Thursday.
The country has detected six more laboratory-confirmed cases of mpox bringing the total number to 13, the department said. The eastern KwaZulu-Natal province has seven cases, the commercial hub of Gauteng five and the Western Cape one, it said.
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