Since the declaration of measles in KwaZulu-Natal Province on 1 September 2017, a total of 80 suspected or laboratory-confirmed cases have been reported to health authorities. As of 15 September 2017, 26 laboratory-confirmed measles cases have been reported and 54 suspected measles cases are awaiting laboratory results. Laboratory-confirmed cases are reported in four of the […]
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An outbreak of measles has been declared in KwaZulu-Natal Province. An increase in number of laboratory-confirmed measles cases was observed in Ethekwini and Umgungundlovu districts from July 2017. As of 5 September 2017, a total of 23 laboratory-confirmed measles cases has been reported in four of the 11 districts in KwaZulu-Natal: Ethekwini (n=14), Umgungundlovu (n=6),
The past 2016/17 malaria season was a particularly busy one, with large numbers of cases reported in Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces, South Africa, as well as in neighboring countries of Mozambique, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Namibia. The summer 2017 malaria season is due to start in September but the winter period has seen an unusually high
A total of four laboratory-confirmed cases of diphtheria and one asymptomatic carrier of toxin-producing Corynebacterium diphtheria has been identified in a community in the Eastern sub-district of the Cape Town Metropolitan District. On 3 August 2017, a diagnosis of diphtheria was confirmed in a 10-year-old child at a provincial hospital in Cape Town. The case
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The outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N8) in poultry is ongoing after its emergence in South Africa in June 2017. According to the OIE website, 24 localized outbreaks have been identified to date from three provinces (Mpumalanga, Gauteng and Western Cape) as follows: 10 outbreaks in commercial chickens, 3 outbreaks in commercial ostrich,
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The past 2016/17 malaria season was a particularly busy one, with large numbers of cases reported in Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces, South Africa, as well as in neighboring countries of Mozambique, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Namibia. The summer 2017 malaria season is due to start in September but the winter period has seen an unusually high
An additional case of diphtheria was confirmed on the 16th August 2017 bringing to four the total number of laboratory -confirmed cases since the index case presented during the week of the 26th July 2017. This additional case is an adult who was investigated as a contact of the index case. Preliminary laboratory tests supported
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