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Measles outbreak situation update in Tshwane district, Gauteng province (12 July 2022)

As of  11 July 2022, no new laboratory-confirmed measles cases were reported to be linked to the measles outbreak in Tshwane District. The number of measles cases detected and epidemiologically linked to the measles outbreak in the Tshwane District remains at four. The last laboratory-confirmed measles case was reported on 25 June 2022. Additional laboratory-confirmed …

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LATEST CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 IN SOUTH AFRICA (8 July 2022)

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 365 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 997 …

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LATEST CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 IN SOUTH AFRICA (7 July 2022)

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 463 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 996 …

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LATEST CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 IN SOUTH AFRICA (6 July 2022)

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 657 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 996 …

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LATEST CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 IN SOUTH AFRICA (5 July 2022)

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 384 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 995 …

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LATEST CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 IN SOUTH AFRICA (4 July 2022)

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 109 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 995 400. …

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Second monkeypox case identified in South Africa

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, confirms that a second case of monkeypox has been identified through laboratory testing at the NICD on Tuesday, 28 June 2022. The case involves a 32-year-old male residing in the Western Cape Province. He reports no recent travel history. Contact …

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Advisory on measures to control COVID-19 following lifting of COVID-19 regulations

As of 22 June 2022, numbers of SARS-CoV-2 infections continue to decrease in South Africa, following the recent resurgence associated with the emergence of the Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants in South Africa. While numbers of cases and percentage testing positive did increase in this resurgence, the decoupling of numbers of hospitalisations and deaths from …

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Monkeypox case identified in South Africa

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, confirms that a case of monkeypox has been identified through laboratory testing at the NICD on Wednesday, 22 June 2022. The case involves a 30-year-old male residing in the Gauteng province. He reports no recent travel history. Contact tracing has …

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