The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) is the national public health institute for South Africa. It provides reference microbiology, virology, epidemiology, surveillance and public health research to support the government’s response to communicable disease threats. Take a look at what Communicable diseases are, what causes them and how they are transmitted.
No need to panic about the new COVID-19 variant
June 10, 2025
The newly identified SARS-CoV-2 variant, NB.1.8.1, is an Omicron-descendent lineage derived from the recombinant
