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The Health Department reveals food poisoning was caused by a chemical agent

By Loushe Jordaan Gilbert The National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) announced that a chemical agent is responsible the recent food poisoning outbreak that has affected several learners in Gauteng. This year, the Gauteng Health Department has recorded 203 incidents of food poisoning, including six fatalities. About a week ago, 35 students in Limpopo received treatment for probable food poisoning. Speaking on VOC Breakfast on Tuesday the department’s national spokesperson, […]

today22 October 2024

Local

NICD urges people with comorbidities to be extra cautious

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) says it is concerned by the high number of influenza transmissions since the start of May this year. The NICD says its surveillance programme that monitors flu transmissions in all the nine provinces in the country, compared flu levels year on year, and this year’s transmission rate is higher than average. It has called on those with comorbidities to be extra cautious. According […]

today6 June 2023

Local

Measles outbreak in Cape Metro district

The Western Cape Department of Health notes today’s alert by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) to declare a measles outbreak in the Cape Metro district. Four laboratory-confirmed measles cases have been reported in the Cape Metro district from 24 January 2023 to 17 February 2023. In line with the World Health Organization (WHO) International Health Regulations, a measles outbreak is defined as the occurrence of three or more […]

today22 February 2023

Local

NICD records close to 3,000 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours

Figures released by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) on Thursday showed there were 2,970 new Covid-19 cases that had been identified in SA in the previous 24 hours. This brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic to 3,963,394. The NICD said this increase represents a 11.6% positivity rate. The national health department reported another 31 deaths, 10 of which occurred in the past […]

today3 June 2022

Local

NICD records 1,004 new Covid-19 cases in a day as total nears 4-million

Figures released by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) on Monday showed there were 1,004 new Covid-19 cases that had been identified in SA in the previous 24 hours. This brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic to 3,954,971. The NICD said this increase represents a 9.4% positivity rate. The national health department reported another 16 deaths, four of which occurred in the past […]

today31 May 2022

Local

NICD reports 828 new COVID-19 cases in SA

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has reported 828 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa (SA), which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3,732,075. This increase represents a 5.3% positivity rate. Due to the ongoing audit exercise by the National Department of Health (NDoH), there may be a backlog of COVID-19 mortality cases reported. "Today NDoH reports no new deaths. Total fatalities are 100,096 to date," […]

today11 April 2022

Local

NICD says no evidence supports linking of typhoid fever to municipal water

LOCAL The National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) says there is no evidence that recent cases of typhoid fever are linked to contaminated municipal water in any part of the country. This comes after various social media posts did the rounds that allege there are currently cases of enteric fever in certain towns or provinces. The posts say this is caused by contaminated municipal water, or that the bacteria causing […]

today21 February 2022

News

More than 75k people have now died from COVID 19-related complications in SA: NICD

NATIONAL The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) says more than 75 000 people have now died from COVID 19-related complications in South Africa after another 199 deaths were recorded on Monday. The NICD says 6 787 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the latest reporting period and the test positivity rate remains above 20% – or four times the rate at which the spread of the virus is […]

today10 August 2021

Local

Delta variant dominant in Gauteng can possibly cause ‘more severe disease’

It has been confirmed the coronavirus Delta variant is dominant in Gauteng, accounting for 53% of infections, and is quickly taking over in the rest of the country and accounting for 45% of infections. Preliminary data suggests this variant can cause more severe disease. This “emphasises the need for all individuals in SA to limit their movements to essential activities only”. The data was gleaned from genome sequencing done by […]

today30 June 2021

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