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Confusion over alleged reports of viral meningitis outbreak at some Cape schools
News / 21 June 2019, 08:54am / Sisonke Mlamla
Cape Town - The provincial Health Department has been accused of under-reporting the extent of the meningitis outbreak from last year, as well some reports from the start of this year.
There were reports of a meningitis outbreak at schools from the Grassy Park, Retreat, Steenberg area, with one case being confirmed from Muizenberg High. At the time, the Western Cape Health Department said these reports were false.
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said in a report dated March 24, 2019 that there had been an increase in enteroviral meningitis cases in the Western and Eastern Cape since November last year, although there had been no deaths...
Confusion over alleged reports of viral meningitis outbreak at some Cape schools
News / 21 June 2019, 08:54am / Sisonke Mlamla
Cape Town - The provincial Health Department has been accused of under-reporting the extent of the meningitis outbreak from last year, as well some reports from the start of this year.
There were reports of a meningitis outbreak at schools from the Grassy Park, Retreat, Steenberg area, with one case being confirmed from Muizenberg High. At the time, the Western Cape Health Department said these reports were false.
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said in a report dated March 24, 2019 that there had been an increase in enteroviral meningitis cases in the Western and Eastern Cape since November last year, although there had been no deaths...