Preparedness update: coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak in Wuhan City, Hubei Province of China
In light of the ongoing novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak in Wuhan City, Hubei Province of China, the National Institute for
January 23, 2020
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Update on Novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak in Wuhan City, Hubei Province of China
On 31 December 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) China country office reported a cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan
January 21, 2020
Outbreak of carbapenem–resistant Klebsiella infections at Tembisa hospital
What do we know about this outbreak so far? On 24 December 2019, the National Institute of Communicable Diseases, a
January 20, 2020
Novel coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan City, China
On the 31 December 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) China country office reported a cluster of pneumonia cases in
January 17, 2020
A case of odyssean malaria, City of Tshwane, Gauteng Province
NICD was notified of a malaria case in Soshanguve, City of Tshwane, Gauteng Province. A team comprising members of the
January 9, 2020
Rapid response to suspected measles cases in Eastern Cape
The cluster of cases with rash, reported in Aberdeen in the Eastern Cape, were due to rubella (German measles) and not
December 5, 2019
No cases of Ebola in South Africa
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) can confirm that in South Africa, there is no case of Ebola nor
November 14, 2019
No listeriosis outbreak | October 2019
There is no evidence of an outbreak of listeriosis. The number of cases reported since the official end of the
October 15, 2019
MEASLES OUTBREAK IN RUSTENBURG, NORTH WEST PROVINCE
Three laboratory-confirmed measles cases were detected in Rustenburg sub-district, Bojanala Platinum district in North West province within a period of
October 11, 2019
World Rabies Day – A Call to End Rabies by 2030
Globally it is estimated that up to 59 000 people die of rabies annually, this amounts to a rabies
October 1, 2019