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South Africa human rabies cases rise to 8

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 South Africa health officials reported two additional human rabies cases in August in Zululand and eThekwini districts of KwaZulu-Natal Province, respectively, bringing the total...

South Africa: 10 additional measles cases reported in past week

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) reported 10 laboratory-confirmed measles cases detected across the country, most of which were from Limpopo, during the past...

South Africa reports 6th human rabies case of 2023

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) reports rabies was diagnosed in a 37-year-old male from Ginyintsimbi Village, Mbhashe Municipality, Amathole District of the...

South Africa cholera update: Nearly 200 lab confirmed cases

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The South Africa Department of Health is pleased with the progress made with regards to concerted efforts of interventions put in place to curb the transmission of cholera disease...

South Africa cholera update: 166 confirmed cases, 31 deaths

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 South Africa’s National Department of Health announced on Thursday that the cholera death toll now stands at 31, following the outbreak in Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria. According...

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South Africa reports increase in influenza

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) in South Africa report a steady increase in influenza since April. The increase in case numbers has been identified in all...

South Africa cholera update: 23 deaths in Hammanskraal

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The cholera death toll in Hammanskraal has reached 23 as of May this past weekend, according to the Gauteng Department of Health (GDoH). In addition, 77 patients were still admitted...

Mumps outbreak update in South Africa

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the mumps outbreak in South Africa, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) reports from epidemiological week 01 in 2023 (ending 7 January 2023)...

Cholera and diarrheal disease in South Africa

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Department of Health is urging the public to take extra precautionary measures and maintain proper hand-hygiene as the country experiences an outbreak of Diarrheal disease or...

South Africa measles outbreak tops 1,000 cases

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the measles outbreak in South Africa, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) reports 1,004 confirmed measles cases from October 2022 through May...