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LATEST CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 IN SOUTH AFRICA (12 April 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 1,291 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 733 […]

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LATEST CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 IN SOUTH AFRICA (11 April 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 553 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 732

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LATEST CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 IN SOUTH AFRICA (26 March 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 1 497 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 (24 March 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 2 120 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 (23 March 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 1 393 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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Alert to clinicians – 2022 respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) season has started and may be associated with higher than usual RSV circulation

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the most common cause of bronchiolitis and lower respiratory tract illness (LRTI) among young children. It is highly contagious and infection with RSV does not result in permanent or long-term immunity and re-infections can occur. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the RSV season in South Africa usually preceded the influenza season with

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LATEST CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 IN SOUTH AFRICA (22 March 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 912 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 705

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LATEST CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 IN SOUTH AFRICA (21 March 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 566 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 704

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Wins, missteps and lessons: African experts reflect on two years of COVID response

On 11 March 2020, just months after the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus was first identified in China, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 to be a public health emergency of international concern. Over the next two years COVID-19 would go on to infect nearly half a billion people, killing over 6 million around the world. Governments introduced

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LATEST CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 IN SOUTH AFRICA (15 March 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 1,461 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 696

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