Author name: Koketso Matjane

LATEST CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 IN SOUTH AFRICA (23 May 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 1 662 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 […]

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Situation update on an imported case of Lassa fever from Nigeria to South Africa

Since the report of an imported case of Lassa fever in South Africa on 12 May 2022 (https://www.nicd.ac.za/imported-case-of-lassa-fever-identified/), further investigations and response activities have been conducted. The investigations revealed that the imported case had been ill while in Nigeria about 10 days prior to entering South Africa. The case-patient sought medical attention in Nigeria but

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South Africa has entered a new phase of the COVID pandemic: what that means

Michelle J. Groome, National Institute for Communicable Diseases; Juliet Pulliam, South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling & Analysis (SACEMA) , and Sheetal Silal, University of Cape Town Confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2 have been increasing in South Africa in recent weeks. This has been largely driven by two offspring – known as the BA.4 and BA.5

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LATEST CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 IN SOUTH AFRICA (16 May 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 2 952 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3

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LATEST CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 IN SOUTH AFRICA (8 May 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 5,486 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 841 388. This

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LATEST CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 IN SOUTH AFRICA (7 May 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 8,524 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 835 902.

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LATEST CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 IN SOUTH AFRICA (5 May 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 9,757 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 818 125.

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LATEST CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 IN SOUTH AFRICA (4 May 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 6,170 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 808 368.

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