Icala lesibili likaMpox seliqinisekisiwe kuleli, kulokhu eKZN. “Isiguli esisha ngowesilisa waseNingizimu Afrika oneminyaka engu-39 ubudala ongeniswe esibhedlela i-Addington ngaphandle komlando wokuvakashela amazwe nasezifundeni. Njengamanje sibhekene nokuqubuka kwalesi sifo,” kusho okhulumela uMnyango wezeMpilo uFoster Mohale ngoMsombuluko.
I-Mpox, eyayaziwa ngokuthi i-monkeypox virus, isifo esithathelwanayo esingaholela ekuqubukeni okubuhlungu okufana nezinduna noma amabhamuza.
UMohale uthi kwenziwa ukuhlolwa kokuxhumana ukuze kunqandeke ukusulelana.
Uthi okwamanje abazi ukuthi lo mlisa ubexhumana yini nomuntu owatholakala eneMpox eGauteng kule nyanga.
“UMnyango wezeMpilo unxusa amalungu omphakathi abenezimpawu zesifo iMpox ukuthi avakashele abahlinzeki bezempilo abaseduze nabo ukuze bahlolwe futhi bahlolwe ukuze baqinisekise ukuthi basheshe bahlonzwa futhi belashwa ngendlela efanele.