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LATEST CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 IN SOUTH AFRICA (10 October 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 648 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 (9 October 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 816 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 (8 October 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 924 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 October 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 989 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 October 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 1 149 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases

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LATEST CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 IN SOUTH AFRICA (5 October 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 768 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 (4 October 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 429 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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Want to develop vaccines in Africa? Then invest in expertise and infrastructure

In little more than a year from the onset of COVID-19, scientists successfully developed vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 virus for world-wide use. Three main factors contributed to this extraordinary feat. One, unprecedented collaboration between international scientists. Two, scientists were able to obtain exquisitely detailed images of the virus proteins and the human proteins that they

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Rabies: Bark up the right tree through pet vaccination

The increase recent rise in reported cases of dog rabies, specifically in the Eastern Cape province is cause for serious concern. The Eastern Cape Provincial Government is undertaking a mass rabies vaccination rollout targeting dogs, to curb the spread of this vaccine-preventable disease. But one cannot help to wonder how we got here? Are rabies

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LATEST CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 IN SOUTH AFRICA (19 September 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. The current surge in COVID-19 infections seems to be showing signs of a sustained downward trend. Today the institute reports 2 281 new COVID-19 cases that

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