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Is a resource of knowledge and expertise in regionally relevant communicable diseases to the South African Government, to SADC countries and the African continent.
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Fungal disease awareness week 2020
September 23, 2020
Fungal diseases are often caused by fungi that are common in the environment. Most fungi are not dangerous, but some
Living with COVID-19 is the new normal
September 22, 2020
Coronavirus in South Africa South Africans watched as the world grappled with the COVID-19 pandemic
MIS-C is now a notifiable condition in South Africa
September 18, 2020
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been included
African Region declared free of wild poliovirus
August 27, 2020
On 25 August 2020, the African Region celebrated the declaration by the African Regional Certification
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The COVID-19 pandemic has been marked by extreme heterogeneity
in both geography and population across the world. Consequently,
leveraging local data aligned to the unique South African (SA) context is critical.
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With the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic passing one million ill people (1 521 252 confirmed cases and 92 798 reported deaths (WHO Sit Rep 10 April), most countries are occupied with controlling the outbreak. The economic consequences are enormous. The World Trade Organization (WTO) estimates that “commerce could shrink up to 32% and warns against 30s-style protectionism” [WTO, 2020]. With no vaccine and no proven effective treatment, the tools available are limited to physical distancing, which includes quarantine and travel restrictions.
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A complete genome sequence was obtained for a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) isolated from a South African patient with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), who had returned to South Africa after traveling to Italy.
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