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South Africa confirms first monkeypox case, not linked to travel

Test tubes labelled "Monkeypox virus positive" are seen in this illustration. [Reuters]

South Africa's Health Minister Joe Phaahla said on Thursday that he had been notified by the country's laboratory services that they had confirmed the first monkeypox case in South Africa.

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