A grade one learner from Hammanskraal who was suspected of having mpox has tested negative for the viral disease.
This development follows the Gauteng Department of Education’s statement last week that the learner tested positive.
Shortly after the department retracted the statement adding that it may have “acted prematurely” by confirming the case without verification from the National Institute for Communicable Diseases.
Subsequently, the Department of Health (DoH) collected samples for laboratory testing.
DoH spokesperson Foster Mohale said the situation was under control.
“This does not mean that we are off the hook or should lower our guard, and we cannot guarantee at the current moment that this infectious disease has been eradicated because it may re-emerge once, severe cases present for a health care facility.”
The department says the country has not recorded any new cases of mpox this past week.
-EWN
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