Author name: Koketso Matjane

ALERT: Increase in influenza cases in South Africa

A steady increase in the number of influenza cases from week 34 (week starting 23 August 2021) with a sharp increase in week 44 (week starting 1 November 2021) has been reported from the influenza-like illness (ILI) and pneumonia (hospitalised cases) surveillance sentinel sites. In addition, private laboratories have reported an increase in influenza case […]

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LATEST CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 IN SOUTH AFRICA (16 November 2021)

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, continues to provide laboratory-based surveillance to inform the public health response towards COVID-19 in South Africa. Today the institute reports 273 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to

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LATEST CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 IN SOUTH AFRICA (15 November 2021)

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, continues to provide laboratory-based surveillance to inform the public health response towards COVID-19 in South Africa. Today the institute reports 136 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to

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LATEST CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 IN SOUTH AFRICA (7 November 2021)

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, continues to provide laboratory-based surveillance to inform the public health response towards COVID-19 in South Africa. Today the institute reports 205 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to

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LATEST CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 IN SOUTH AFRICA (6 November 2021)

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, continues to provide laboratory-based surveillance to inform the public health response towards COVID-19 in South Africa. Today the institute reports 358 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to

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LATEST CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 IN SOUTH AFRICA (5 NOVEMBER 2021)

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, continues to provide laboratory-based surveillance to inform the public health response towards COVID-19 in South Africa. Today the institute reports 339 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to

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The seven steps South Africa is taking to get it closer to eliminating malaria

Jaishree Raman, National Institute for Communicable Diseases and Shüné Oliver, National Institute for Communicable Diseases There were dire warnings that malaria cases would surge across Africa after the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak as a global pandemic in early March 2020. Many felt that the already overburdened healthcare systems would not be

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LATEST CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 IN SOUTH AFRICA (4 NOVEMBER 2021)

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, continues to provide laboratory-based surveillance to inform the public health response towards COVID-19 in South Africa. Today the institute reports 319 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to

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LATEST CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 IN SOUTH AFRICA (3 November 2021)

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, continues to provide laboratory-based surveillance to inform the public health response towards COVID-19 in South Africa. Today the institute reports 344 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to

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LATEST CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 IN SOUTH AFRICA (2 November 2021)

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, continues to provide laboratory-based surveillance to inform the public health response towards COVID-19 in South Africa.   Today the institute reports 169 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases

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