# The Department of Health says it is embarking on a vaccination drive against mpox disease, as the number of laboratory-confirmed cases is gradually rising in the country. Two laboratory-confirmed cases have recently been recorded in Gauteng and Western Cape, increasing the total cumulative number of confirmed cases to ten. The department’s spokesperson, Foster Mohale, says they have received around ten-thousand-500 doses of the mpox vaccine, Imvanex, a donation from the Africa Centres for Disease Control:
Health Department rolls out mpox vaccination as new cases are detected [SOUND]
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