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NICD raises red alert about typhoid fever in SA
Sipokazi Fokazi Journalist
17 February 2022 - 07:18
In the Western Cape the outbreaks are currently in the Cape Town Metro health district, the Cape Winelands and the Garden Route. In the North West, the outbreak is in the Dr Kenneth Kaunda district.
In the Western Cape the outbreaks are currently in the Cape Town Metro health district, the Cape Winelands and the Garden Route. In the North West, the outbreak is in the Dr Kenneth Kaunda district.
Image: 123RF/Michael Heim
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) says investigations of typhoid outbreaks are ongoing in at least two provinces — the Western Cape and North West — after a spike of cases in these two regions this year.
Head of the centre for enteric diseases Juno Thomas said the institute is currently working with health authorities to bring under control three separate outbreaks in the Western Cape and another one in the North West...
NICD raises red alert about typhoid fever in SA
Sipokazi Fokazi Journalist
17 February 2022 - 07:18
In the Western Cape the outbreaks are currently in the Cape Town Metro health district, the Cape Winelands and the Garden Route. In the North West, the outbreak is in the Dr Kenneth Kaunda district.
In the Western Cape the outbreaks are currently in the Cape Town Metro health district, the Cape Winelands and the Garden Route. In the North West, the outbreak is in the Dr Kenneth Kaunda district.
Image: 123RF/Michael Heim
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) says investigations of typhoid outbreaks are ongoing in at least two provinces — the Western Cape and North West — after a spike of cases in these two regions this year.
Head of the centre for enteric diseases Juno Thomas said the institute is currently working with health authorities to bring under control three separate outbreaks in the Western Cape and another one in the North West...
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