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Cases of the rare infectious disease have suddenly started to spread across the globe in recent weeks

In light of the approaching winter months combined with the recent lifting of the national disaster act, South Africans have anxiously been watching an increase in COVID infections. The Conversation Africa spoke to infectious disease specialist Veronica Ueckermann about the current trajectory of the pandemic in the country.

This could become the largest outbreak of monkeypox in countries outside of Africa — but there's no need to panic, an infectious disease expert says.

Infectious disease was first recorded in 1970 but a surge in cases has led to the largest outbreak in Europe to date