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Although, the WHO has not recommended any travel restrictions, it is important for travellers to and from endemic countries to alert health officials on the situation to enable them to provide guidance for case detection and management<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/e4zhct5oend.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/south-africa-records-first-mpox-death.jpg?strip=all&avif=70&sharp=1&w=1920\"><a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.africanews.com\/2024\/06\/12\/south-africa-records-first-mpox-death\/\">Source: Africanews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 37-year-old man has become South Africa&#8217;s first recorded death from mpox after five laboratory-confirmed cases of the viral infection were recorded in the past month. 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