typhoid

South Africa remains on high alert following the recent outbreak of highly infectious typhoid in neighbouring Zimbabwe. But the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) says this is only a precautionary measure because the chance of an outbreak in our country is slim. Kerrigan McCarthy, head of outbreak response at the NICD, says that while an outbreak is not anticipated, “the NICD co-ordinates a surveillance network that will pick up […]