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COVID-19 update

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, continues to monitor COVID-19 trends and transmission rates.  The NICD, as of 22 March 2020, confirms 34 new additional cases that have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 bringing the total number of COVID-19 cases to 274. Of the 274 cases, 208

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COVID-19 update

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, as of 21 March 2020, can confirm 38 new additional cases that have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the causative pathogen for COVID-19. To date, South Africa has a total of 240 confirmed COVID-19 cases since the announcement of the first

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COVID-19 update

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, notes the alarm brought about by the publication of a preliminary prediction model of the COVID-19 Pandemic in South Africa. The South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (SACEMA) model was a very preliminary static model developed to assess

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