南非新增四例猴痘确诊 今年累计 26 例、西开普省占 18 例
开普敦——南非卫生部公布，该国新确认四例猴痘（mpox）病例，2026 年以来累计确诊升至 26 例。其中西开普省占 18 例，为病例最集中的地区；其余病例分布于 Gauteng 省 3 例、东开普省 2 例、自由州省 2 例与 KwaZulu-Natal 省 1 例。
卫生部表示，西开普省的 18 例中，16 例为本地传播，另 2 例为在境外感染的外籍人士。26 名患者中 25 人为男性，年龄介于 23 至 50 岁，中位年龄为 37 岁；在已有病毒分型结果的 17 例中，13 例属于 Ib 分支、4 例属于 IIb 分支。
卫生部发言人 Foster Mohale 呼吁公众留意皮疹、发烧、头痛、肌肉酸痛、淋巴结肿大或乏力等症状；如出现症状，应避免与他人密切接触并尽快就医。卫生部正与国家传染病研究所（NICD）及各省卫生部门合作，加强监测、病例识别与接触者追踪，并提醒医护人员在接诊时保持警惕、落实感染防控措施。卫生部表示，猴痘可防可治。
South Africa Confirms Four New Mpox Cases, Bringing the 2026 Total to 26
CAPE TOWN — South Africa has recorded four additional mpox infections, the Department of Health announced, bringing the national total to 26 since the beginning of 2026. The Western Cape accounts for 18 of the cases, the highest of any province; the rest were recorded in Gauteng (3), the Eastern Cape (2), the Free State (2) and KwaZulu-Natal (1).
Of the Western Cape's 18 cases, 16 are linked to local transmission, while two involved foreign nationals who contracted the virus outside South Africa. Twenty-five of the 26 patients are male, with ages ranging from 23 to 50 and a median age of 37. Of the 17 cases with laboratory clade results, 13 are associated with Clade Ib and four with Clade IIb.
Department of Health spokesperson Foster Mohale urged the public to remain vigilant and to seek healthcare promptly if symptoms such as a rash, fever, headache, muscle aches, swollen lymph nodes or fatigue develop, and to avoid close contact with others if symptoms appear. The department is working with the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) and provincial health authorities to strengthen surveillance, case identification and contact tracing, and has urged healthcare workers to stay alert and follow infection prevention and control procedures. It said mpox is preventable and treatable.
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图片来源：猴痘病毒粒子电镜图。照片：美国国家过敏与传染病研究所（NIAID）／Wikimedia Commons（CC BY 2.0）。Electron micrograph of mpox virus particles. Photo: NIAID / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).
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